Peleliu: Aerials, casualties, wreckage - R-255
127-R-255
11:03
Description:
1944/09/23
Peleliu Island
MS men working on tank, piles of shells in FG
MS-PAN Med M tank
MS three tanks parked in mud, men walking through mud towards tank
MCU dead Japanese bodies
AV wrecked equipment along side of road
AV shell holes
AV wrecked Japanese landing craft in water
AV shell hits and bomb holes
AV shell holes on side of hill
AV wrecked building and shell holes
AV stone wall
AV Hill 200
04:19
1944/09/25
Peleliu - 1st tank battalion
MS from tank showing fire and smoke rising from shell hits
MCU men advancing through thick jungle
LS-PAN wrecked Japanese equipment and shell holes
MS men advancing towards wrecked Japanese aircraft
MS tank advancing across field, man using tank for cover
MLS-PAN men in tank advancing past wrecked Japanese tank
LS-MS-PAN men assemble on wrecked Japanese air field, wrecked Japanese airplanes in BG
MS men resting alongside tank
MS-PAN men bringing in casualty on stretcher, men resting in foxhole
MS man walking towards LVT where men are resting
MLS beach, LVT and men resting
MS loading casualty aboard LVT
MS men walking toward men on stretcher
MS men resting near wrecked American tank
MS men walking along beach, anti personnel barriers and LVTs in BG
LS LVTs coming in towards beach, anti personnel barriers in BG
AV road running along cliffs
photog: C.D Evans
08:09
1944/09/20
Peleliu
MCU men gathered around man laying on stretcher
MS man laying on stretcher reading tag around his neck
CU doctor working on Japanese prisoner, leg partially shot away
09:18
1944/09/23
Peleliu
MCU corpsman getting information from Japanese prisoner laying on stretcher
MS men walking carrying mail bags on shoulder
CU men piiling mail bags on top of each other
photog: Monteverde