Among Heroes
Few Americans know of the battle of Peleliu. It never received the iconic recognition of the other amphibious assaults in the Pacific during World War II such as Iwo Jima or Okinawa. At the time of the invasion in 1944, only a handful of journalists even covered the operation because it was expected...
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Marine Corps University Press (MCUP)
2022
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| description | Few Americans know of the battle of Peleliu. It never received the iconic recognition of the other amphibious assaults in the Pacific during World War II such as Iwo Jima or Okinawa. At the time of the invasion in 1944, only a handful of journalists even covered the operation because it was expected to be a short action with a quick American victory. It became the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history given the number of casualties compared to the number of troops involved. It lasted far longer than senior planners had estimated and the tenacious defense by the Japanese took a tremendous toll on the Marines’ headlong assaults on their well-fortified positions. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-783312024-04-04T14:41:45Z Among Heroes Ainsworth, Jack R. Pope, Laurence Marine Corps World War II Pacific Islands Peleliu thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHW Military history Few Americans know of the battle of Peleliu. It never received the iconic recognition of the other amphibious assaults in the Pacific during World War II such as Iwo Jima or Okinawa. At the time of the invasion in 1944, only a handful of journalists even covered the operation because it was expected to be a short action with a quick American victory. It became the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history given the number of casualties compared to the number of troops involved. It lasted far longer than senior planners had estimated and the tenacious defense by the Japanese took a tremendous toll on the Marines’ headlong assaults on their well-fortified positions. 2022-02-17T14:53:51Z 2022-02-17T14:53:51Z 2011 book ONIX_20220217_9780160913822_6 9780160913822 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/78331 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Marine-Corps-University-Press/Books-by-topic/MCUP-Titles-A-Z/Among-Heroes/ Marine Corps University Press (MCUP) Marine Corps University Press db0a2ae3-252e-4e8a-971a-ea99ede120cb b389d525-e444-4c40-9008-5b9588ac86e0 9780160913822 104 Quantico, VA open access |
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