Peleliu: Land combat - R-67
127-R-67
09:28
Description:
1944/09/17 - D-day + 2
Peleliu – Imperial Japanese clothing
1944/09/16
MS-PAN Marine lying on deck pulling bag of demolitions after him.
MS three Marines examining a bag of Jap gear
MCU Marines examining Jap gear pulled out of bag
00:35
1944/09/16
Peleliu - Japanese command post
MCU Marine leaning against pole
MS-PAN Jap buildings and blockhouses at end of airstrip
MLS – Jap pillbox
MS Jap pillbox, Marines walking up to it.
MLS-LS Marines advancing across airstrip
MS-DS Inside of destroyed Jap building, no sides in it, just pillars and roof
CU finger marking spot on map just off airstrip
CU airstrip sector on map, finger is pointing to Jap command post location
03:52
1944/09/17 - 08:30
Peleliu - Grenades and flamethrower agains pillbox
LS plane flying
MLS large billows of smoke in distance
US-LS plane flying and dropping bombs
MS-DS Marine rifleman firing around trees
MS junle
MS large billows of smoke rising, barbed wire in FG
MS flames where smoke shot up
MS two Marines crawling into FG near Jap cave
MS large billows of smoke through trees, dense jungle (there were three Japs in cave)
LS jungle
MS-US planes strafing
LS airport with wing of damaged Jap plane framing shot
06:20
1944/09/16 - 17:30
Peleliu - Japanese prisoners being questioned
MS-DS Marine sitting in dugout with Jap prisoner, getting information written and verbal
MS MP at edge of frame
MS group of Marines sitting at edge of hole
Ms-PAN three Marines sitting outside of foxhole to inside of foxhole, where Marine is questioning Jap prisoner
07:08
1944/09/17 - D-day + 2
LS explosion, billows of smoke going upward
US plane strafing
MS silhouette effect of Marines advancing along road, deep blue sky with few white clouds.
MCU dead Jap
MS exterior of Jap cave
MCU entrance to cave with blood on thre outside, Marines passing by very close. Marines fee and mid sections visible
MS Marines walking through jungle trail
MCU Marine casualties being carried on stretchers, several angles.
MS Marine crouched against hillside as an explosion goes off in the mid FD in cave.