File:Marines resting at Peleliu battlefield (36084410265).png
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Marine Pfc. Gerald Thursby and Pfc. Douglas Lightheart, cradling a 30-cal. machine gun in his lap, resting while mopping up the enemy on Peleliu Island, September 14, 1944. The Battle of Peleliu was fought from 5 September to 27 November 1944 on the island of Peleliu. The First Marine Division, reinforced with the US Army's 81st Infantry Division, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island. Major General William Rupertus, later leading the New Britain Campaign, predicted the island would be secured within four days. The island's strategic value was and is still today questionable, with both sides taking a high casualty rate, especially in the Japanese Army, were the 90% of the soldiers were killed in action. The National Museum of the Marine Corps called it "the bitterest battle of the war for the Marines". 14/10/1944 #historiansunion #colored #colorized #colourised #colorization #colourisation #color #colour #history #ww1 #wwi #worldwarone #greatwar #thegreatwar #ww2 #wwii #worldwartwo #military #war #allies #axis #ppsh #soviet #codmemories #peleliu |
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