Peleliu is one of the southernmost islands in the Palau chain, surrounded by a massive coral barrier reef. ♪♪ Before the Americans arrived in September of 1944, it was all jungle, like today.

Peleliu was a place of blood and suffering that stood in sharp contrast to every battle that came before it and, in many ways, introduced the U.S. to the confronting reality that achieving victory ...

US Navy Corpsman John Bailey, alongside thousands of the US’s most elite Marines, braced for yet another landing in the ...

The fight for Peleliu was one of the bloodiest in U.S. history as almost 50,000 Marines and Army soldiers pried the tiny island away from 10,000 Japanese soldiers.

On September 15, 1944, some 6,000 men of the First Marine Division landed on a hot chunk of coral in the South Pacific called Peleliu. Our troops mistakenly believed the Navy's massive pre ...

Live shells strewn across the island continue to attract battlefield tourists. Feb. 12, 2012— -- World War II ravaged the tiny island of Peleliu in 1944 as US and Japanese forces clashed in ...

US Marines, sailors and local residents observe a Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft with 1st Marine Air Wing land on a newly designated airstrip on the island of Peleliu on June 22, 2024.

It was a bittersweet day on Pier 7 at San Diego Naval Base.The Navy decommissioned a proud warship, the amphibious assault ship Peleliu — the “Iron Nickel” to her crew.No sailor l… ...

Marine Corps aircraft lands on the Pacific island of Peleliu, site of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II, and a possible basing option to counter China.