The Assault On Peleliu |
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15 September 1st Battalion 1st MarDiv 1st Marine Division 20 September 3d Battalion 5th Mar 5th Marines 81st Division 81st Infantry Division advance airfield Angaur artillery attack Babelthuap Battalion Commanding beach Boyd Ridge casualties caves Colonel combat team command post Commanding Officer Company G coral Corps D-Day D-plus defense East Road elements enemy Executive Officer fighting fire flame-throwers flank front guns heavy hereinafter cited high ground Hill Horseshoe III Amphibious Corps Inoue island Japa Japanese Koror landing LtCol ment mission mortar moved naval gunfire Ngesebus night northward O. P. Smith October operation Palaus pany patrol Peleliu operation personnel phase pillboxes platoon Pocket positions reef regimental reinforced reports rines September Serial shore southern swamp tactical talion tanks terrain tion troops tunnel Ulithi Umurbrogol unit Walt Ridge weapons Wildcats yards zone of action