This remote South Pacific island was home to one of the least necessary battles of World War II. But these days, Peleliu in ...

A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, site of one of the Marines’ bloodiest battles of the war and now a ...

The Pentagon is proposing a new U.S. military site on a Micronesian island where a bloody battle raged during World War II. Department of Defense representatives met Republic of Palau leaders and ...

There is a fairly good chance that you have never heard of the tiny Pacific Island of Peleliu. With its size of approximately 13 square kilometres, it is little more than a speck on the map.

In September 1944, U.S. Marines landed on the island of Peleliu, beginning a campaign that would test the limits of American island warfare doctrine. This complete campaign documentary covers both the ...

When E.B. Sledge’s Marine unit arrives at Peleliu island, in the westernmost part of the Caroline Islands chain in June 1944, they face two problems: the Japanese enemy and the tropical setting. The ...

The men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment describe the ferocious battle for the Island of Peleliu, "an island on fire." In conditions that tested the sanity of each man, 9,000 Marines ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu ...