Video: 'World War II Pacific Peleliu'

(Friday, September 15, 1944, 8:32 a.m. PWT; during the Battle of Peleliu, part of the Pacific War of World War II) — U.S. Marines landed today in the Palau Islands, launching the Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, fought to capture an airstrip on the small coral island.

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Video: 'The World At War: Pacific 3/5' (Battle of Peleliu, continued)