As the Marines and Army’s Wildcats prepared to storm Peleliu and Angaur, they could only watch as the USS Tennessee unleashed relentless barrages from her powerful 14-inch Mark IV guns.

Among American works I have recently been impressed by Joseph Wheelan’s Bitter Peleliu. Wheelan, to a degree, is reprising his 2020 Okinawa study, while what he says about Peleliu will not surprise ...

In September of 1944, Rushton and his unit invaded Peleliu along with the 1st Marine Division. For the first few days of the battle, Rushton’s and the other depot companies helped unload ...

With the Old Breed : At Peleliu and Okinawa He was assigned to the 1st Marine Division as a replacement, and trained as a mortarman. He fought on Peleliu in September of 1944, and on Okinawa in ...

A day trip to Peleliu island will appeal to history buffs with an interest in World War II. The Battle of Peleliu was intensely fought between US and Japanese troops in 1944. A museum provides ...

By late September 1944, the men of U.S. Marine fighter squadron VMF-122 were stuck on Peleliu and bored. Their F4U Corsairs were only 10 minutes’ flight time from Japanese-held islands ...