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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-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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mariana and Palau Islands campaign (redirect from Battle of the Marianas Islands)
1945. Battle of Saipan, 15 June – 9 July 1944 Battle of Guam, 21 July – 10 August 1944 Battle of Tinian, 24 July – 1 August 1944 Battle of Peleliu, 15 September...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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1944 Battle of Peleliu, September–November 1944 Battle of Angaur, September–October 1944 Battle of Noemfoor: July–August 1944 Battle of Morotai: September–October...
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M3 Gun Motor Carriage (category World War II tank destroyers of the United States)
tanks. It later served in the Battle of Okinawa, the Battle of Peleliu and many other island battles. The M3 GMC was 20.46 feet (6.24 m) long, 7.29 feet...
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USS California (BB-44) (category World War II battleships of the United States)
Tennessee and thus missed the Battle of Peleliu) and the Philippines campaign, during which she took part in the Battle of Surigao Strait. She was hit by...
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Romus Burgin (category United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II)
of the Damned' by RV Burgin", The Dallas Morning News Sloan, Bill (2005). Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944 – The Bloodiest Battle of...
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