Battle of Peleliu — Revisiting a Meat-Grinder of the Pacific War
September 21st, 2023 17minute read September 15 marked the anniversary of the start to the Battle of Peleliu. Spearheaded by the 1st Marine Division, Operation Stalemate II was to take less than a week. forces suffered more than 10,000 casualties as the amphibious invasion stretched on for more than two months. A jeep tows an anti-tank gun carried ashore in a Coast Guard-manned landing barge. On the beach, tanks move forward in pursuit of the Japanese who have fallen back inland....