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keywords: WWII, Pacific Theater, Peleliu Island, The Palau Group, The Caroline Islands

Synopsis: Intense combat action in the Pacific as U.S. Forces assault the Japanese-held territories of Peleliu Island, the Palau Group and the Caroline Islands with scenes from Operation Stalemate II, U.S. Aircraft Carrier operations, B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombing runs, invasion of Peleliu Island by the 1st Marine Division, wounded U.S. Marines evacuated to an off-shore Hospital Ship, soldiers using flame throwers against entrenched Japanese positions, the 81st Division joins the fight to take Bloody Nose Ridge, the rarely captured Japanese POWs and more...(read more)

Date: 1945
Duration: 00:18:56
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Type: Public Domain
Language: English
Location: Pacific

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Fury In The Pacific

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Battle of Peleliu Island, in the Palau Island chain, codename Operation Stalemate II. Aerial view of the airstrip on Peleliu Island. Men on aircraft carrier arming F6F Hellcat plane with bomb and ammo. F6F Hellcat planes on deck of aircraft carrier warming up, one taking off, followed by a SB2C Helldiver. Formation of planes in flight.

Aerial view of the smoking island of Peleliu after bombing. Formations of B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberator Bombers from the Far East Air Force bomb Peleliu.

Task force of all types of war ships and convoy of transports at sea on way to Peleliu. 1st Marine Division will invade Peleliu, 81st Army Division will take Anguar. Scenes aboard ship D-Day minus 1, men taking a bath and eating a good meal. Alarm sounds and men rush to man battle stations. Shows loading and firing big naval guns, naval bombardment of Japanese held island. Rare point of view (pov) of projectile spinning down the inside barrel of naval gun at firing, explosive blast at muzzle, huge, extensive naval bombardment. Marines in amphibious landing crafts hit the beach under heavy Japanese artillery and mortar fire. Shows first wave of Marines pinned down on beach. Shows carrier aircraft strafing Japanese positions.

Heavy fighting as Marines slowly advance. Marines firing rifles, mortars, shoulder fired bazooka, artillery howitzer. Close-up Marine firing BAR , Browning automatic rifle. American tank followed by infantry. Two Marines firing sub-machine guns. Tanks and Marines advance toward Bloody Nose Ridge. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers.

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Plane being armed with bombs and machine gun ammunition

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F6F Hellcat plane taking off from aircraft carrier

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Point of view (pov) from plane as aircraft takes off from aircraft carrier

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Man your battle stations

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Naval guns loaded with projectile and powder, rotated toward target, and fired

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Rare point of view (pov) of projectile spinning down the inside barrel of naval gun at firing, explosive blast at muzzle, huge, extensive naval bombardment

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First invasion wave of LTV amphibious landing craft moving toward beach

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Marines pinned down on Peleliu Island beachhead

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Mortar loaded and fired, soldier firing M1 rifle, artillery firing, soldier firing bazooka, soldier firing BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle)

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Soldiers follow advancing tank

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Two soldiers firing M3 submachine guns

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Tank firing toward Bloody Nose Ridge

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Wounded Marines from the Battle of Peleliu Island placed in landing craft and taken to Hospital ship off-shore. Shows doctors in operating room.

Battle of Angaur Island, Palau Island Group. Soldiers of the 81st Army Division in amphibious landing craft enroute to Angaur Island, Palau Island Group, landing and establishing a beachhead. Soldiers dig-in, take cover and fire at Japanese. Soldier uses flame-thrower and 50-Cal machine firing to destroy Japanese bunker. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers. Soldiers of the 81st fight their way inland. Shows American wounded removed from front line to field hospital.

Back at Peleiu Japanese attempted to bring in re-enforcements. Japanese snipers able to hide in sunken boats offshore. Japanese snipers hidden in sunken boats off Peleliu Island are shelled and strafed. Marine planes and artillery shell Japanese positions on Bloody Nose Ridge on Peleliu Island. Marines attack Japanese cave positions on Peleliu with rifles, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, machine guns, hand grenades, rifle grenades, mortars and flame throwing tanks. Advancing marine is shot down by sniper fire. Explosive charges thrown into caves. Wounded marines are evacuated under enemy fire. Close-up Japanese soldiers coming out of caves and surrendering. Shows nude Japanese soldiers that surrendered. Close-up of dead Japanese soldiers.

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Scenes as wounded Marines are taken to hospital ship, doctors in operating room

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Scenes of the assault wave of the 81st Army Division invasion of Angaur Island

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U.S. soldiers wading ashore, soldier is shot, body face down in shallow water

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U.S. soldiers dig in on Angaur Island beachhead

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Soldiers use machine gun fire and flamethrower to destroy Japanese bunker

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Wounded soldiers removed from front lines