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| Flamethrower in action, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944 | Japanese anti-tank barricade on Makin, Gilbert Islands; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944 |
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| Japanese anti-tank ditch on Makin, Gilbert Islands; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944 | Japanese anti-tank ditch; seen in US Army publication TM E 30-480 'Handbook On Japanese Military Forces' dated 15 Sep 1944 |
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| Lieutenant Colonel R. G. Balance of US 1st Marine Division at the shore party command post, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944; note treated shrapnel wound on his left cheek | Men of the US 1st Marine Division fighting just beyond White Beach, Peleliu, 15 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2 |
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| Men of the US 1st Marine Division fighting just beyond White Beach, Peleliu, 15 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2 | Reinforced concrete observation post, part of a German fortification at Cherbourg, France, 15 Sep 1944 |
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| Shell damage to a German concrete 37mm gun emplacement on Utah Beach, Normandy; photo taken 15 Sep 1944 | Smoke rising from Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 |
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| Smoke rising from Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 | The first wave of LVTs moved toward Peleliu invasion beaches, Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944; note the bombardment lines consisted of LCIs, cruisers, and battleships; photo taken USS Honolulu aircraft |
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| Two American Marines, Douglas Lightheart and Gerald Thursby, resting during Battle of Peleliu in the Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944 | United States Army General Douglas MacArthur and Navy Rear Admiral Daniel Barbey leaving USS Nashville aboard an LCM to inspect the landing beaches on Morotai, 15 Sep 1944. |
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| United States Marines attacking Orange Beach on Peleliu, 15 Sep 1944 | US 7th Marine Regiment's command post inside a former Japanese anti-tank ditch, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944 |
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| US Marines fighting on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944 | US Marines in assault craft approaching Peleliu, Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944 |
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| US Navy LCI(L) ships unloading men of US Army at a beach in southwestern Morotai, Dutch East Indies, 15 Sep 1944 | Using an Amtrac as shelter, American Marines fought on the beaches of Peleliu, Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944 |
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