The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II by the US military, was fought between the United States and Japan during the Mariana and Palau...
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northeast, forms one of the sixteen states of Palau. The island is notable as the location of the Battle of Peleliu in World War II. Beliliou was traditionally...
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the southwestern shore of the island of Peleliu in the Palau island chain, 470 nautical miles due east of the Philippine island of Mindanao. This action...
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-157.9809546 USS Peleliu (LHA-5) is a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, named for the Battle of Peleliu of World War II. Entering...
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2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (category Infantry battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
the Medal of Honor while serving with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines. Battle of Guadalcanal Sgt Mitchell Paige – 26 October 1942 Battle of Peleliu PFC Charles...
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Andrew Haldane (category Recipients of the Silver Star)
during the Battle of Peleliu. Haldane was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and lived in Methuen, Massachusetts, most of his life. He was of Scottish descent...
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Arthur J. Jackson (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
soldiers. He was also the last surviving recipient of the Medal of Honor from the Battle of Peleliu. On September 30, 1961, while serving at the Guantanamo...
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United States Marine Corps took the island in the Battle of Peleliu during World War II. Battle of Peleliu was a costly conflict that started September 15...
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Merriell Shelton (category United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II)
participated in the Battle of Cape Gloucester alongside Romus Burgin. In the book The Marines at Peleliu, 1944--The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War,...
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Palau (redirect from Military of Palau)
League of Nations. During World War II, skirmishes including the major Battle of Peleliu were fought between American and Japanese troops as part of the...
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Chesty Puller (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
into the protracted battle on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history, and received his first of two Legion of Merit awards. The 1st...
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Kunio Nakagawa (category Japanese military personnel of World War II)
24 November 1944) was the commander of Japanese forces which defended the island of Peleliu in the Battle of Peleliu which took place from 15 September...
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during World War II. Peleliu Airfield was built by the Japanese in 1944 with a pair of intersecting runways. During the Battle of Peleliu on 15 September 1944...
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With the Old Breed (redirect from With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa)
pocket-sized Bible he carried with him during battles he fought at Peleliu and Okinawa. The book formed part of the basis of the material covered by Ken Burns' PBS...
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Sadae Inoue (category Imperial Japanese Army generals of World War II)
Japanese forces at the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Angaur. Inoue was born in Kumamoto prefecture as the third son of a local police officer;...
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1st Marine Regiment (United States) (category Regiments of the United States Marine Corps)
The 1st Marines next battle was its bloodiest yet – the Battle of Peleliu. The regiment landed on September 15, 1944, as part of the 1st Marine Division's...
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1st Battalion, 1st Marines (redirect from 1st of the 1st)
the following campaigns: Battle of Guadalcanal Battle of New Britain Battle of Peleliu Battle of Okinawa Following the end of the war 1/1 returned to MCB...
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Wesley Phelps (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions and sacrifice of life during the World War II Battle of Peleliu. Wesley Phelps was born in...
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shortage of landing craft meant that operations against the Palaus could not begin until the Mariana Islands were secure. Once the assault on Peleliu was "well...
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Thousand-yard stare (category Aftermath of war)
The painting, a 1944 portrait of a nameless Marine at the Battle of Peleliu, is now held by the United States Army Center of Military History in Fort Lesley...
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carrying out their invasion of the Japanese home islands. While drawing inspiration from the defense in the Battle of Peleliu, Kuribayashi designed a defense...
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Robert Leckie (author) (category United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II)
Battle of Tenaru and in the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Battle of Cape Gloucester, and he was wounded by a blast concussion in the Battle of Peleliu...
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Mariana and Palau Islands campaign (redirect from Battle of the Marianas Islands)
Palaus Marianas Philippine Sea Philippines Luzon Leyte Formosa Anguar Peleliu Guam Tinian Saipan The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known...
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respectively) of the 1st Marine Division. The episode follows the Division as they prepare for their arrival at the Battle of Peleliu. According to Nielsen...
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William H. Rupertus (category Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States))
command. He led the 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Cape Gloucester and the Battle of Peleliu. His leadership in the latter was severely criticized...
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Elmo M. Haney (category United States Marine Corps personnel of World War I)
backward." At the Battle of Peleliu, Haney rallied his Marines as they got bogged down and kept them moving forward. At the conclusion of the fighting, Sledge...
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1st Marine Division (redirect from Battle blaze (insignia))
contracting malaria and 31 missing in action. Others were awarded for the battles of Peleliu and Okinawa. Following the Guadalcanal Campaign, the division's Marines...
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Richard E. Kraus (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
in action in World War II during the Battle of Peleliu on October 3, 1944. He posthumously received the Medal of Honor, the highest military honor awarded...
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1st Combat Engineer Battalion (category Engineering battalions of the United States Marine Corps)
participated in combat during the Battle of Guadalcanal, Eastern New Guinea, Battle of New Britain, Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Okinawa. Following the war...
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Eugene Sledge (category United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II)
university professor, and author. His 1981 memoir With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa chronicled his combat experiences during World War II and was...
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