Bloody Beaches: The Marines at PeleliuSidebar: The Divisions and their CommandersSidebar: The Changing Nature of Japanese TacticsSidebar: Naval Gunfire Support for PeleliuThe Japanese DefensesThe Assault in the CenterSidebar: A Horrible PlaceSidebar: Special Reef-crossing TechniquesThe Assault ContinuesSidebar: A Paucity of ReservesThe Early Battle in the Division CenterThe 7th Marines’ Complete Destruction of Enemy in the SouthManeuver and OpportunityEncirclement of the Umurbrogol PocketEncirclement of Umurbrogol and Seizure of Northern PeleliuThe Umurbrogol Pocket: Peleliu’s Character DistilledPost-assault Operations in the PalausWas the Seizure of Peleliu Necessary? Costs vs. BenefitsSidebar: Tom Lea’s PaintingsSidebar: For Extraordinary HeroismSourcesAbout the AuthorAbout the SeriesTranscriber’s Notes
Bloody Beaches: The Marines at PeleliuSidebar: The Divisions and their CommandersSidebar: The Changing Nature of Japanese TacticsSidebar: Naval Gunfire Support for PeleliuThe Japanese DefensesThe Assault in the CenterSidebar: A Horrible PlaceSidebar: Special Reef-crossing TechniquesThe Assault ContinuesSidebar: A Paucity of ReservesThe Early Battle in the Division CenterThe 7th Marines’ Complete Destruction of Enemy in the SouthManeuver and OpportunityEncirclement of the Umurbrogol PocketEncirclement of Umurbrogol and Seizure of Northern PeleliuThe Umurbrogol Pocket: Peleliu’s Character DistilledPost-assault Operations in the PalausWas the Seizure of Peleliu Necessary? Costs vs. BenefitsSidebar: Tom Lea’s PaintingsSidebar: For Extraordinary HeroismSourcesAbout the AuthorAbout the SeriesTranscriber’s Notes
Marines inWorld War IICommemorative Series
By Brigadier GeneralGordon D. GayleU.S. Marine Corps (Ret)
“Down from Bloody Ridge Too Late. He’s Finished—Washed Up—GoneAs we passed sick bay, still in the shell hole, it was crowded with wounded, and somehow hushed in the evening light. I noticed a tattered Marine standing quietly by a corpsman, staring stiffly at nothing. His mind had crumbled in battle, his jaw hung, and his eyes were like two black empty holes in his head.” Caption by the artist, Tom Lea.
“Down from Bloody Ridge Too Late. He’s Finished—Washed Up—GoneAs we passed sick bay, still in the shell hole, it was crowded with wounded, and somehow hushed in the evening light. I noticed a tattered Marine standing quietly by a corpsman, staring stiffly at nothing. His mind had crumbled in battle, his jaw hung, and his eyes were like two black empty holes in his head.” Caption by the artist, Tom Lea.
TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM PELELIUIn Nautical MilesPearl Harbor3990Guadalcanal1589Espiritu Santo2067Admiralty Islands960Hollandia705Morotai430Saipan820Yap237Ulithi323Truk1030Davao540Manila920Tokyo1725
TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM PELELIUIn Nautical MilesPearl Harbor3990Guadalcanal1589Espiritu Santo2067Admiralty Islands960Hollandia705Morotai430Saipan820Yap237Ulithi323Truk1030Davao540Manila920Tokyo1725
TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM PELELIUIn Nautical Miles