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	Peleliu Appendis
		The battle for Peleliu Island, the Gateway to the Philippines, was the longest and one of the most hard-fought battles in the entire Central Pacific amphibious operations of World War II.
		While some strategists have argued that the capture of Peleliu was not a necessary preliminary for the coming struggle in the Philippines, brave men bled and died in the Palaus for their beliefs and their loyalties.
		Peleliu's garrison amounted to approximately 10,500 men of whom 6,500 were combat troops and some 4,000 were naval personnel.
	www.nps.gov /pwro/piso/peleliu/appa.htm (2797 words)

	RMI and Palau's Featured Properties for Celebrate Asian-Pacific Heritage Month - 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The battle for Peleliu Island, "Gateway to the Philippines," in 1944 was the one of the longest and one of the hardest fought amphibious operations of the entire Central Pacific Theater in World War II.
		Japan seized the Palau Islands, along with the rest of Micronesia, from Germany in World War I. Receiving a mandate from the League of Nations after the war, Japan established its administrative headquarters for Micronesia at Koror, the capital of the Republic of Palua today.
		Peleliu Battlefield, recognized as a National Historic Landmark, includes all of Peleliu Island, which is a state in the Republic of Palau.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/feature/asia/2001/rmi_palau.htm (1370 words)

	1944: PELELIU (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Palaus are an eighty-mile-long island chain, two of which were selected as targets for their potential airfields and relatively weak defenses: Peleliu and Angaur, six miles apart in the southern area of the chain.
		Peleliu was 5½ miles long and 2½ wide with an airfield in the south and a swamp in the east.
		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 (1288 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 (619 words)

	USS Peleliu LHA-5
		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 is named in honor of the 3rd Amphibious Force’s assault and capture of Peleliu Island in the fall of 1944.
		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.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lha-5.htm (1079 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 southern end of the island is flat and open (well suited to the construction of an airfield) while the centre is dominated by the Umurbrogol Mountain that is, in actual fact, a series of limestone coral ridges, much of which is blanketed by thick jungle.
		The loss of the Marshall Islands and the bypassing of Truk and the Caroline Islands prompted the Japanese into a serious rethink of their defensive strategy as they were being pushed back on all fronts.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_peleliu.html (10282 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 arrived at Naval Air Station, San Diego on June 10th for a one-day stop prior to proceeding to Long Beach, CA, her homeport.
	navysite.de /ships/lha5.htm (766 words)

	OCTOBER, 1944
		On Peleliu Island several hillside and ravine caves were cleared of enemy troops and a small hill was occupied as Marines made some progress in reducing the last stubborn pocket of enemy resistance.
		Pagan Island was bombed by Seventh Air Force Liberators on October 22 and strafed by Thunderbolts on October 23 and 24.
		Rota Island was strafed by Corsairs of the Second Marine Aircraft Wing on October 22, 23, and 24.
	www.ibiblio.org /pha/comms/1944-10.html (7505 words)

	Peleliu Report
		Babeldaob, the largest island, covers about 128 square miles or more than 70 percent of the entire land base; however, it is on the smaller island of Oreor to the south where most of the population resides and where most of the economic activity takes place; Oreor is also the capital.
		The Rock Islands, with their white sand beaches, world?class diving and lush vegetation, are recognized by many in Palau as having great development potential for tourists and as a source of economic gain.
		The entire island of Bliliou was included in the recommendation for nomination as a national historic landmark, except for the area encompassed by the two villages, Kloulklubed and Imelechol, at the northern end of the island.
	www.nps.gov /pwro/piso/peleliu/pelbody.htm (10039 words)

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		The basic strategy in the Pacific theatre was that of "island hopping." The main premise of this strategy was to move from one island to another crossing the Pacific and eventually arriving in Japan.
		The main objective on the island was to capture an airfield for United States use in preparing for the invasion of the Japanese mainland.
		When it came time to evaluate Peleliu, he tells me, the board decided that the attack had been "unnecessary," and that the island "should have been avoided." His last job for the Navy was to assist in the writing of the Navy’s Official Book on amphibious combat.
	nhs.needham.k12.ma.us /cur/wwII/WWII-p3-04/brooke-jca-p3 (2290 words)

	Peleliu island
		Peleliu is rapidly becoming one of the favorite destinations for visitors to Palau.
		Stretching North and South, Peleliu is about eight (8) miles long and approximately three (3)miles at its widest point.
		Reachable by speedboat or plane, Peleliu is twenty-six (26) miles south-west of Koror and seven (7) miles north-east of Angaur.
	www.visit-palau.com /peleliuanniv/peleliu.html (137 words)

	5th AAF, July 1944
		A few B-24s on armed reconnaissance bomb targets on Yap Island, Caroline Islands and Peleliu Island, Palau Islands; during July 44, HQ V Fighter Command moves from Nadzab to Owi, Schouten Islands; and the 39th Troop Carrier Squadron, 317th Troop Carrier Group, moves from Finschhafen to Hollandia with C-47s.
		B-24s hit airstrips, AA positions, and targets of opportunity in the Yap Island group, at Woleai Atoll in the Caroline Islands, and at Peleliu Island; Saumlakki, Tanimbar Island, Moluccas Islands is also bombed.
		Operations against the Caroline Islands are restricted to snooper missions against Yap Island and Woleai Atoll and Fuiloro, Timor Island is bombed by B-25s.
	www.kensmen.com /jul44.html (1027 words)

	Battlefield Files - Peleliu Final Info
		Peleliu enjoy it as much as DICE created maps which have withstood the test of time.
		Peleliu is a twist of the standard Conquest Assault style of gameplay we're used to.
		Bloody Nose Ridge - This is the jungle flag further north on the island of Peleliu.
	battlefield2.filefront.com /file/Peleliu_Final;27858 (1694 words)

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		Peleliu is a 6 mile long and 2 mile wide coral islet with fringing reef.
		Control of Peleliu Island and its strategic air field would the give General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz the ability to: (1) support an eventual invasion of the Philippines; and (2) concurrently prevent the Japanese from controlling Peleliu and threatening US forces as they approached the Philippines.
		By mid-January of 1945, the enemy was pushed farther and farther north in the Palau Island chain.
	www.sand-ers.com (5691 words)

	A-C
		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.
		Before his untimely death in 1988, he returned to the island many times and was also invited by the USN for the christening of the ship, the USS Peleliu.
		Served on Guadalcanal, Peleliu, and Cape Gloucester on the island of New Britain.
	brothersinbattle.net /html/a-c.html (9556 words)

	Timonius timon (PIER species info) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		It was probably introduced to Angaur and Peleliu during or shortly after World War II and has since spread to the Rock Islands.
		Its presence in the Rock Islands indicates that it is spreading to the north and, unless checked, will probably eventually reach Koror and Babeldaob, where it is also likely to be invasive.
		The Genus Timonius (Rubiaceae) in the Palau Islands.
	www.hear.org /Pier/species/timonius_timon.htm (389 words)

	"A Peleliu Tribute"
		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.
		Fought on the entire island from the North to the South and was wounded on this island.
	www.homeslink-bbs.com /tribute.htm (17602 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle for Peleliu (Sep-1944) - April 25th, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		At the southern end of Peleliu, Hanneken's 7th Marines were forced to land their assault amtracs in a column due to the wreckage and clutter out on the reef, but were making progress against heavy opposition from Japanese dug in on the eastern and southern peninsulas.
		With southern and eastern Peleliu captured, the focus had shifted to the encirclement of the Umurbrogol and the elimination of remaining Japanese units on northern Peleliu and on the nearby island of Ngesebus.
		Peleliu is a six-mile long, 2 mile wide chunk of blood-soaked coral located approximately 550 miles due east of the Southern Philippines.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/900082/posts (12413 words)

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