43 items in this album on 3 pages.
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| Rufus W. Oakley holding a Protestant Christian religious service for US Marines on Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944 | Oliver P. Smith walking through his Assistant Division Commander quarters on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 |
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| Cruiser USS Honolulu firing her guns in a pre-invasion shore bombardment of Peleliu in the Palau Islands, 15 Sep 1944, D-Day on Peleliu. | Flamethrower in action, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944 |
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| Men of the US 1st Marine Division fighting just beyond White Beach, Peleliu, 15 Sep 1944, photo 1 of 2 | Men of the US 1st Marine Division fighting just beyond White Beach, Peleliu, 15 Sep 1944, photo 2 of 2 |
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| Smoke rising from Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 | Smoke rising from Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 |
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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 Marines attacking Orange Beach on Peleliu, 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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| LVT(A)4 'Lady Luck' on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 | LVTs on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 |
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| Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 | US Marine evacuating wounded comrade, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 |
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| US Marines fighting on Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 | US Marines receiving mail, Peleliu, Palau Islands, Sep 1944 |
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| US Marines, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 | US Marines, Peleliu, Palau Islands, 1944 |
43 items in this album on 3 pages.
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