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Aerial view of Peleliu in Oct 1946. Many facilities have been built and the jungle growth has returned to the coral island since the fierce fighting of 1944 stripped it bare. Even so, the contours of the Umurbrogol Mountains can easily be seen.

Caption   Aerial view of Peleliu in Oct 1946. Many facilities have been built and the jungle growth has returned to the coral island since the fierce fighting of 1944 stripped it bare. Even so, the contours of the Umurbrogol Mountains can easily be seen. ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Navy
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Palau Islands and Ulithi Islands Campaigns   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photos at Same Place Peleliu, Palau, Caroline Islands
Added By David Stubblebine
Added Date 3 Jun 2013
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".



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1. Anonymous says:
8 May 2015 09:34:54 AM

Its amazing that there were still some Japanese holdouts still on the island at the time this photo was taken.

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WW2-Era Place Name Peleliu, Palau, Caroline Islands
Lat/Long 7.0167, 134.2500
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