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	USS Peleliu - LHA 5 history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Peleliu is named in honor of the 3rd Amphibious Force's assault and capture of Peleliu Island in the fall of 1944.
		Peleliu deployed with USS Comstock (LSD 45), USS Juneau (LPD 10) and Marines of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) to the Persian Gulf in August 28, 1997 (actually being present in the Gulf in November) and participated in Exercise Eager Mace 98.
		Peleliu was the first ship in the war on terrorism to deploy Marines to the beach, and then fly over 200 miles to the desert country of Afghanistan.
	uscarriers.net /lha5history.htm (2107 words)

	1944: PELELIU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Peleliu was 5½ miles long and 2½ wide with an airfield in the south and a swamp in the east.
		The battle for Peleliu was the longest and one of the toughest battles of the Pacific amphibious operations during World War II.
		The Peleliu airfield was useful, not only in support of operations on Peleliu, but as the base for the air defense of the important fleet anchorage established at nearby Ulithi.
	www.olive-drab.com /od_history_ww2_ops_battles_1944peleliu.php (1269 words)

	USS Peleliu (LHA-5) Information - TextSheet.com
		The USS Peleliu (LHA-5) is an amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy.
		On December 14, 2001, John Walker Lindh was transferred to the Peleliu from a Marine base in Afgahnistan.
		The Peleliu is named after the World War II Battle of Peleliu.
	www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/u/us/uss_peleliu__lha_5_.html (86 words)

	USS Peleliu (LHA 5)
		USS PELELIU is named in honor of the Third Amphibious Force's assault and capture of the island of Peleliu.
		From the initial wave of Marines hitting Peleliu's beaches on September 15th, until the fury of combat was finally still on October 26, 1944, the 1st Marine Division suffered 6,526 casualties, of which 1,252 were killed in action.
		PELELIU proceeded south from Panama and crossed the equator on the night of May 27th, which is the record for the shortest period between a ship's commissioning and "Crossing the Line."
	navysite.de /ships/lha5.htm (766 words)

	Peleliu, battle for (Operation Stalemate II) - The Pacific War's Forgotten Battle, September-November 1944
		Peleliu is just over twenty square miles in size, and has a similar shape to that of a lobster claw.
		The planning for the Peleliu assault was carried out by the 1st Marine Division's second-in-command, Brigadier General Oliver P Smith, as its commander, Major General William H Rupertus, was away in the United States for a considerable length of time.
		With the north of Peleliu secure, the only part still in Japanese hands was the pocket of resistance centred on the Umurbrogol Mountains in an area of about 1,000 yards by 500 yards, running from Baldy Hill in the north to Five Sisters in the south.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_peleliu.html (10264 words)

	Peleliu (Beliliou)
		Peleliu was the site of some of the bloodiest battles of WWII.
		During the fighting, Peleliu's forest were burned to the ground, but now regowth has replaced the scars of war.
		During the battle, the blockhouse was heavily fortified and delayed the advance of the 1st Marines.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/palau_peleliu.html (651 words)

	Battle of Peleliu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Like the bloody World War II island campaigns before it, the battle of Peleliu was a fight to capture an airstrip on a speck of coral in the western Pacific.
		As for Peleliu, both commanders' strategies included the invasion of this island, but for different reasons, and the 1st Marine Division had already been chosen to make the assault.
		The amphibious assault ship Peleliu was named in memory of the battle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Peleliu (370 words)

	Peleliu
		necessary to protect MacArthur's flank, the battle of Peleliu was one of the toughest to be fought during the entire Pacific war.
		Temperatures on Peleliu rose as high as 115 degrees, and drinking water was scarce during the initial combat.
		Ngesebus, connected to Peleliu by causeway, was an original campaign objective because of its unfinished fighter air strip.
	www.militaryunits.com /pelelieu.htm (1201 words)

	USS Peleliu Celebrates 23rd Birthday
		Peleliu is the first U.S. Navy ship to carry the name Peleliu, and the second ship named in honor of the World War II battles fought in the Palau Islands.
		Peleliu was christened Jan. 6, 1979, by Margaret Hayward, wife of former Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Thomas B. Hayward.
		Peleliu is making history again as it takes on the role of Flagship for the newly formed Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/05/mil-030520-nns02.htm (558 words)

	Fort Collins classmates fought battle for Peleliu
		The scope was recovered following the battle for Peleliu by a pair of Fort Collins classmates who headed off to war after graduating from the CSU School of Forestry in 1943.
		Another 1,393 soldiers from the 81st Division were killed or wounded on Peleliu or the neighboring island of Anguar.
		"Peleliu developed into a hell of a battle," said Ken Ashley, 84, who lives with his wife, Ethel, on a rural south Fort Collins ranchette slowly being enveloped by suburban subdivisions.
	www.northfortynews.com /Archive/A200409Peleliu.htm (986 words)

	Post News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Peleliu, is the flagship of a three-ship Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and is named after a small island in the Philippine Sea.
		Before the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, for example, Hincy said the Peleliu was in the South Pacific near Indonesia taking part in the delivery of farming tractors to otherwise inaccessible communities on the small island of East Timor.
		Hincy said his son told him the ship's helicopters were used to airlift the tractors from the coast to inland farms because of the lack of sufficient roadways on the island.
	www.postpaper.com /peleliu.htm (603 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Brotherhood of Heroes : The Marines at Peleliu, 1944 -- The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The battle of Peleliu, though certainly not the bloodiest of the Pacific war, was a ghastly ordeal.
		Peleliu is one of the Palau Islands, southeast of the Philippines.
		The battle for Peleliu was supposed to last for only about 72 hours as the few hundred or maybe a couple of thousand Japanese were defeated.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743260090?v=glance (2438 words)

	Eric Mailander - Peleliu Explorations
		In 1994 I had the honor and privilege to accompany many Peleliu veterans back to the island for the 50th anniversary reunion.
		Peleliu is far the best place to see WWII artifacts and probably one of the few battlefields still intact.
		My main goals exploring Peleliu was to conduct an extensive battle survey of the sites and photograph and document them.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /people/visitors/mailander (1815 words)

	USS Peleliu LHA-5
		The Peleliu ARG was deployed to the Persian Gulf in 1997 (actually being present in the Gulf in November) and participated in Exercise Eager Mace 98.
		Following deployment on August 22, 2003 the Peleliu, Dubuque and Germantown are to head to Pearl Harbor to meet the remaining elements of the strike group.
		USS Peleliu is the first ship to carry the name Peleliu and the second ship named in honor of the battles fought in the Palau Islands.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lha-5.htm (2317 words)

	Bloody Beaches: The Marines at Peleliu (Encirclement of the Umurbrogol Pocket)
		With southern and eastern Peleliu captured, there now began an encirclement of the Japanese defenders in central Peleliu, and an attack against the Japanese defending northern Peleliu and nearby Ngesebus and Kongauru.
		The Japanese defenders in their caves, and in northern Peleliu and on Ngesebus, retained some capability to harass American rear installations, but that was sharply curtailed by the Marines' counterfire.
		Capture of northern Peleliu and Ngesebus became more pressing with the discovery on 23 September that some part of the enemy's substantial troop strength in the northern Palaus was being infiltrated by barge from Koror and Babelthuap into northern Peleliu.
	www.nps.gov /wapa/indepth/extContent/usmc/pcn-190-003137-00/sec7.htm (1347 words)

	Peleliu Battle Visitor Comments
		Peleliu holds special meaning for you since your dad was in combat there, and you have an appreciation for what he and his brother Marines and Soldiers did there.
		Peleliu keeps drawing me back as it is a beautifully preserved WWII battlefield..a veritable time capsule.
		He said that of the 3 major campaigns that he was in, Peleliu was by far the worst.
	www.pfweb.com /plf-usmc/VisComm.htm (4303 words)

	Nobel Peace Prize recepient visits Peleliu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		While on board Peleliu, the bishop was given a tour of the ship.
		Peleliu chaplain, Lt. Francis P. Foley spearheaded the bishop's visit and said, for many, it was one of the most exciting events of the deployment.
		Throughout the visit, the Sailors and Marines of Peleliu asked to be photographed with the bishop and expressed their gratitude for his coming to be with them.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news3/7frel756.htm (630 words)

	James Fee's Peleliu Project \| MetaFilter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Pharmacist Mate 3rd Class Russell Fee returned from Peleliu with a fierce, uncompromising vision of America which would have a profound impact on the life and work of his son.
		Grandfather survived Peleliu, as a rifleman in the 7th Marines.
		Didn't help matters that later it became conventional wisdom that the Peleliu battle was completely unnecessary; we didn't need that airfield and the Japanese couldn't really use it; but the plans had been made, the Marines were free, so in they were thrown.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/44456 (962 words)

	USS Peleliu Welcomes Aboard 13th MEU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Peleliu recently embarked the other half of its team, the Marines of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU).
		During the exercise, Peleliu crew members are not only working on the interoperability between the Navy Marine Corps team, they’ve also got to learn what it means to deploy with different classes of ships.
		The two-week long ESGEX provides the Peleliu its first opportunity to train with the 13th MEU and the other ships of ESG-1, as they prepare to bring a new face to combat operations during their upcoming deployment.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=7573 (608 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944--The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War by ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Peleliu was the scene of one of the most savage no-quarter struggles of modern times, one that has been all but forgotten--until now.
		Sloan's gripping narrative seamlessly weaves together the experiences of the men who were there, producing a vivid and unflinching tableau of the twenty-four-hour-a-day nightmare of Peleliu--a melee of nonstop infantry attacks, ferocious hand-to-hand fighting, night assaults, and exhausting forced marches in temperatures that topped 115 degrees.
		Surprisingly, Peleliu received little public notice back in the States even as it was being fought and was virtually forgotten after the war, despite elements of controversy that are still debated by military strategists today.
	wwww.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook32777.htm (569 words)

	PELELIU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Davis was awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart at Peleliu and awarded the Bronze Star with Valor, the Silver Star with Gold Star in lieu of second medal, the Legion of Merit with Valor and the Medal of Honor in Korea.
		Geiger passed Marine Corps command of Peleliu and the conquered islands of the Palaus to Army Gen.
		They preceeded the first wave of troops in their armored Amtracs in what was known as the ‘zero wave’.
	home.sprynet.com /~kier/peleliu.htm (4549 words)

	"A Peleliu Tribute"
		He was in the Peleliu campaign for "about a month", to quote him, and was then sent back to Pavuvu with his Division for replacements and training for the invasion of Okinawa.
		At Peleliu he was with the 3rd amphibious Corps, 3rd armored bn, Co A, attached to the 1st marine Division.
		Landed on Peleliu on Beach White-2, was wounded in action on Okinawa, and was in China for a while, afterwards.
	www.homeslink-bbs.com /tribute.htm (17886 words)

	USS PELELIU LHA-5 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The purpose is to provide information and news about USS Peleliu to the general public.
		This data is scheduled for regular destruction in accordance with National Archives and Records administration guidelines.
		All content on the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) has been reviewed and authorized by the ship’s Public Affairs Officer.
	www.peleliu.navy.mil (218 words)

	USATODAY.com - Aboard the USS Peleliu, 'everyone raring to go' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ABOARD THE USS PELELIU, Arabian Sea — For two months, the grunts of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard this amphibious assault ship have spent mindless hours pumping iron, playing video games, sleeping — and itching for a fight.
		When they left their home port of San Diego in August, crew members aboard the Peleliu thought they'd be on just a normal training mission, stopping every few days in exotic port of calls.
		The Peleliu is not an aircraft carrier and is not accustomed to long days at sea without a port call.
	www.usatoday.com /news/sept11/2001/11/07/ship-usat.htm (557 words)

	License Plates of Peleliu
		Peleliu is one of the smaller islands in the Palau group, located in the Western Pacific Ocean.
		I would estimate that Peleliu first issued plates sometime around 1984 or so, but details are sketchy.
		The plates are rather scarce to collectors, and few if any have surfaced in the last five or six years - this is a very popluar plate, due to the fancy graphic artwork on the plates.
	www.pl8s.com /p/pele.htm (250 words)

	Military History Online - Bloody Peleliu: Unavoidable Yet Unnecessary
		Until the marines established their airbase on Peleliu, close and deep air support was provided entirely by carrier-based aircraft under the direction of the navy.
		While the marines fought for every inch of ground on Peleliu, the army's 81st ID made relatively quick work of Anguar and Ulithi; in fact, no enemy troops were found on the latter of the two islands, and relatively light casualties were sustained in taking the former.
		During the next week of fighting, the marines and army together reached the northern end of the island and made a small, successful amphibious assault on the islet of Ngesebus, where there was an enemy airfield still under construction.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/peleliu/bloody.aspx (1607 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One is an outstanding first-hand account of the campaigns for Peleliu and Okinawa from the perspective of the United States Marines.
		Sledge--a "fugitive from the law of averages" who survived some of the Pacific War's bloodiest battles--doesn't allude to Hemingway or Remarque, doesn't reference past wars (except fleetingly in discussing the martial tradition of the Corps); he's not interested in connecting his experiences to the ancient line of wars and warriors.
		Sledge stresses over and over again that war is a waste, "a terrible waste." Young bodies are ripped and torn apart; young men are struck down in their prime and stripped of decades of potential life.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0891411194 (1258 words)

	BFWorld.net Forum -> New Custom Map - Peleliu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Peleliu has six total flags and is an assault-style map.
		There are also two other islands on the map, outside of the main island of Peleliu, one a few miles to the southwest of Peleliu's landing beach, is the lone island of Angaur, which is used as an artillery base which can strike all of Peleliu island itself.
		The other island is to the northwest of Peleliu, connected to it by bridge, Ngesebus.
	www.bfworld.net /forum/index.php?showtopic=1563 (764 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Peleliu 1944: The Forgotten Corner of Hell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is important because several barges of Japanese reinforcements made for Peleliu during the battle, with 600 soldiers actually landing on the island.
		If aerial recce's were done of Peleliu they would have instantly reccognised the central ridge of about 200 metres in height poking out of the jungle (I have flown over it twice at several elevations and can assure you that it is VERY visible).
		For military professionals, Peleliu 1944 provides an instructive lesson on the perils of over-confident predictions based on inadequate knowledge of the terrain, weather and a resourceful enemy.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1841765120?v=glance (2633 words)

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