WW2 remains - planes and landing craft in Peleliu and Airai, Palau 

0:10 - Japanese Zero 0:39 - Japanese Arisaka Type 99 rifle, 7.7mm, standard issue 1:53 - LVT wheel bogies, could be from another tracked vehicle as some were universal 3:38 - US LVT-2 water buffalo landing craft, early variant likely from 5th marines 5:17 - US LVT(A)-1 "Alligator" Tank 6:45, 7:20, 7:30, 8:19 - Japanese Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun 9:20 - Japanese Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank 9:50 - Japanese Type 88 75mm AA Gun Feel free to correct any mistakes I may have made.

My grandfather was killed on Peleliu. May he RIP.

A lot of brave marines died on that island

The silence and tranquility is what gets me watching these kind of videos. Very well knowing that at one point in time this area must have been hell on earth for the men who landed there during the War.

Once, there were many lives onboard all that machines

So many lives lost. "Freedom is a light that many men have died for in darkness"

Thanks for NO AUDIO. 😎 This video depicts a Solemn Place. The silence was breath taking.

I was in Guam when my father was still in the Navy, back in the late 70's. We went exploring in the Jungle and found some tanks and landing craft that had been hit in the U.S. landings to retake Guam. Not as much as you found there though.

It's amazing how the jungle reclaims the land. I've seen pictures of the island just after the invasion. Hardly any trees. That beach you showed, black and white photo of Marines floating in the water. Too the Marines and Japanese soldiers who fought and died there RIP.

"FIX BAYONETS! USE THEM IF YOU HAVE TO". Awesome footage.

You can just feel the tragedy, so airy but yet so quiet and peaceful at the same time.

Sad that this battle is so unknown. We are told about Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Wake Island, GuadalCanal. But I really don't remember hearing about Peleliu until reading With the Old Breed and later the TV series The Pacific. This was truly a turning point(among many) in the Pacific Theater as it was really the first battle that the Japanese drastically changed their tactics, which they would enhance and build upon for Iwo Jima where American casualties exceeded that of the Japanese for the first and only time. And it is widely believed this battle wasn't necessary and could have been skipped. Such loss. Semper Fi Marines past and present!

This is amazing. I would love to do this. Travel to these islands for this very reason

you can almost hear what it would of sounded like back in those days watching this..machine guns, soldiers, machinery active....kind of eerie...

My grandfather was a marine and island hopped during ww2. He never spoke of it. But he had horrible nightmares till the day he died. Miss you pops

Its amazing that the only evidence of a battle on that island is the wreckage of instruments of war. Other than that, the battlefield is gone, nature reclaimed that island to point of it being eerie. May the souls of those marines who died there find peace and never forget.

The HD footage makes it that much more amazing. Great historical video. Thank you for posting and God rest all who lost their lives during that hard time in human history.

It’s so weird to think, that many of these things were exactly what they saw and heard. The color of the trees, the sound and looks of the water, and the sounds from the jungle. We are experiencing the things they did, except for the fighting ofcourse

The memories of my home being used as a battlefield, all respect to the soldiers that fell on either side during this battle, but the stories of my people who inhabited these islands for thousands of years seem to not get the same amount of respect and remembrance they deserve

Faint sounds of soldiers emit from the long lost aircraft and land vehicles of the nations. Remembering all the pain they went through. The depression and guilt they suffered. Sounds of gunshots, artillery barrages, planes diving down, and carpet bombs. All being heard by infantry. And finally. Your old man. Sits down at the front porch. Rocking back and forth on his rocking chair. The words of my grandfather. Lt. Major Lewis Millet 47th Infantry Regiment The Wolfhounds.

Are we all going to ignore that the filmer found Nacht der Untoten?

I'd like to visit there,pay my respects & feel the history if there is such a thing, must be eery

I find it amazing that as soon as the man made fire, destruction and fury stops Mother Nature starts reclaiming what is hers!

Great video. I think it's so interesting how this stuff has been left alone for all these years.

Wow the history is just all over the place to see and touch amazing thank you

Incredible stuff. Such a stark reminder of what many men and women endured so we can enjoy our freedom today. Thank you for sharing

Awesome 👍 About 1,600 American troops died during and after the landings, but of nearly 11,000, only about 100 Japanese survived the invasion force of over 18,000 Marines on Peleliu. Eventually, the Marines were forced to build barricades after giving up trying to flush them all out of the defensive caves and tunnels they'd honeycombed the surrounding area with, instead just sealing them in and allowing them to die by the thousands. The Japanese government has spent the last three quarters of a Century trying to find and repatriate as many as possible in an ongoing process. These wreckages and remains are especially poignant because they still lie exactly where the equipment was knocked out of the battle after a couple months of fighting a campaign that was originally thought to last less than a week prior to making landfall. A person could spend MONTHS there, searching around. The battlefield guide is named Des Matsuro, he's a local and is tasked with the small team of tour guides informing the thousands of visitors to the island every year. Definitely the person to look up beforehand, unless trudging around unguided is more your style. To this day the Japanese government returns periodically in their continuing effort to find more human remains for repatriation, reuniting them with their families, and posterity overall. Amazing footage, mate. 👍 I envy you the opportunity. Japan searches for WWII soldiers' remains on Peleliu www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/japan-searches-wwii-soldiers-remains-peleliu-191127123311859.html

Those amphibious tanks are still pretty well preserved, and they still look awesome!

Such an eerie feeling watching this.

Crazy to think as you're looking at this and seeing the twisted metal and holes from shrapnel and rounds that someone probably didn't make it out of that.

Hope all the warriors who laid down their lives, and those who survived have peace. I cant imagine the horrors that took place there.

So Erie knowing this stuff hasn’t moved in 70 plus years, right where it was knocked out it’s still there. Savage battle this one

I've been very into WWII history all my life. To see this stuff just..left there..history just sitting there is just incredible. They fought there and when the survivors left basically said in English & Japanese, "Ah well, we're just leaving this stuff here. Let's go home."

When he picked up that Mortar grenade, I was like hold up a sec...

These places are hallowed ground. The loss of life. The humanity. God bless the men who lost they're lives.

Fascinating video , shows the power of nature slowly reclaiming these machines which lie exactly where they were left all those years ago

Good video. No words needed. A sacred place. Much reverence.

I’d honestly be scared to step on a land mine or trip wire, and yes this does happen.

Once filled with noise of explosions, gunfire and screams. Now but silent and calm. Paradise, with a very dark past.

Man...all these pieces of history...and somewhere out there a video of memory in a past souls mind now lost.

Always great respect for the Marines who are the greatest amphibious assault warriors ever, but it has to be remembered that the Marines were withdrawn from this island after five weeks of fighting with heavy losses and it’s commander kicked back to the U.S. to take a non-combat assignment. The final three months were fought by the US Army’s 81st Infantry Division who had to go cave by cave until the Japanese were finally defeated in the mountains on the north of the island. My father fought there with the 81st Infantry (The Wildcats). In fact his battalion commander was the highest ranking officer killed in the invasion when he was shot by a sniper while at my dad’s company command post. There is a great memorial to the men on the 81st on the eastern side of the island.

"And when he gets to heaven to Sir Peter he will tell. One more soldier reporting sir, I've served my time in hell."

At a glance I noticed quite a few of the wooden memorial tags started with the character for flight- 飛 - perhaps there was an airfield nearby? Great vid :D

It’s all fun and games till you hear “BANZAI!”

Awesome video! It looks like a lot of the left over machinery has been stripped for some reason,maybe as a souvenir.

A dream of mine would be to do this. Visit all the WWII fighting areas. May they all RIP! To the greatest generation ever... Thank you!

Vast graveyard of machines and men , sad

My grandfather fought there. Rip to all those who never made it home

its crazy this place was once hell on earth and now its returned to a peaceful paradise

This is sooo beautiful. I think I told you already. Haha! Looking forward to more videos! Take care!

Awesome video, thanks for the upload!

Wow. Crazy to think people fought there.

Thanks for the video. For those of thus that cannot go there, it is very educational.

Real history , thanks for what you do

What kind of stories do you think these remains would tell if they could speak?

Wow! This is amazing. The island is important to human kind, they should preserve it so that new generation will see it and learn from it.

That's crazy, an LVT(A)4 with a 75mm M8 turret on it. What a strange and unique find!!!

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Thank you for the video. My father was there in Pullers Regiment. (1,1,1). Wounded on D+4 but survived the battle. He never talked to us kids about the war in any detail. I’ve only understood by reading books and watching videos like this. Peleliu was hell on earth. What do the people do on that island today?

As a kid, I lived on yap. So I got to play around on Japanese zeros. And also other damaged stuff. There was an last on the reef near the harbor entry. Long after I left it finally collapsed in a typhoon.

Great upload, you’ve done a great deed

Wow! This brings me back to Farcry first game. Awesome!

Amazing finds.

That is BAD ASS I love history

Sad and cool seeing this stuff just rusting away

Amazing footage. Thank you for sharing it. I would love to go there and see that place.

i read about this in the book The Devils Anvil. it was brutal

So strange to see these with such calming silence.

Thank you for the video, though could you augment it with text to identify the various equipment and bases shown?

I little bit of verbell commentary wouldn't go a stray,good work on the video of war memories.

Thanks for not ruining it with music 👍

Fascinating video a time shell of history somewhat preserved that's amazing...I'd imagine that place could be very eerie a night.

赤茶けた屍を晒す、この鉄騎馬は静かに眠り続けている

Thanks for sharing Paul. I couldn't imagine the blood and heroic fighting for each nations cause that took place there. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya

Not a single word spoken, no needed because this video is such amazing

1:46 looks like the drive train to a Type 97, a very small light tank made by Japan. Very thin armor, explains why it's just the drive train left

A very interesting, and sombre video, thank you👍

Those wooden pickets in the airfield building are Japanese grave markers . I would think they are for missing (never recovered) war dead

loved seeing the LVTs

We have some old decommissioned ww2 landing craft that were dumped in the delta at the end of the war here on the Sacramento river. They look about like this level of decay too.

All those Souls that died there fighting for America must be turning over if they’re graves for what has happened to our Country.

Wow this is crazy... I cant describe this

From 5:17. The poor crew inside man.. That tank took quite the hits from decent anti tank fire. You can see how cleanly pierced it is on the back and sides 😐 don't even want to imagine what they would have had to deal with. Even the LVT after it has been piereced at least twice at the back from what was shown. It's hard to think that an island so beautiful and peaceful was once one of the most destructive places on Earth.

⚓️👍 If pictures only talk! Great showing- Thanks.👍👍⚓️

My great grand father fought in the battle of peleliu. His name was Sgt. Thomas Sullivan he was known as one of the old breeds even tho he was barely out of his twenties.He was unfortunately killed by a Japanese soldiers katana while clearing an MG nest during an assault on the island.

Thanks for sharing with us. Much appreciated

“There wasn’t supposed to be any resistance!” Only “real” gamers will get this reference XD

My father landed on Pelelieu with the First Marine Division after Guadalcanal. RIP dad.

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What a cool place I bet its spooky at night all the ghosts of war

That's what I wanted to do when I was there in 2006 working on the highway. Unfortunately I never found the time so thanks for this video! When the highway was being built Daewoo had to have a demolition crew because there were so many live shells, stockpiled all over the islands. They had a room that they called the museum with all kinds of shells, bullets and bombs you name it they had it. They looked almost new! There were stockpiles of them from WW2 that they had to decommission (maybe not the right word). One of the biggest battles in WW2 and my father inlaw was there. He was on what he called a tin can (some kind of battleship). He said that they shelled the islands for two days and that it looked like the islands were literally jumping out of the water! I was told several times how much the Palauan people like Americans. I was treated like royalty. The reason for that is that we liberated them from Japanese occupation. The Japanese were very cruel to them. They saw how difficult it was to take the islands back and how many Americans died in the process. I love Palau and especially the Palauans. They weren't very nice to Japanese tourists though. I saw it firsthand. It looks like Palau has come a long ways just since 2006. Too bad.

"THERE WASNT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY RESISTANCE!!"

Quite a few years ago, I was in Papua New Guinea. The stuff you can find is just insane. You could literally start a museum with what is still out there, but, its a wild country. The rascals are into meth big time and malaria is rampant. Both underwater and on ground detecting will yield lots.

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My grandpa landed there at 17. 1st Division. I wish he would of told me at 13 but he wouldn’t. He saved some stuff I got 20 years later. It’s horrific. Grandpa lost his best friend and killed so many. To come back home after that 😢Men where seriously tough mentally then.

Funny thing is Marine Corps would look at these vehicles and still say they are combat ready with some cleaning from simple green and a power washer, good to go.

Amazing that any of this metal hardware is even still standing considering it's close proximity to salt water.

Mother Nature reclaiming her iron oxide

That wrecked aircraft at the beginning is definitely a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. I was wondering if he was going to find a wrecked USMC Corsair.

Really cool to see the 75mm howitzer lvt