WWII PALAU RARE COLOR FILM 

honestly, i struggle to spell it sometimes

Palau is correct. That is the name of the archipelago that Peleliu belongs to.

I missed that day in class!

My grandpa was in the 81st wildcat division and my father and uncles said everytime he would get drunk he would go on and on about peleliu

Palau islands.

Thanks for keeping it alive man, not too far off from OC here

I read that book, too. It is amazing. It has led me to read other books written by the veterans of the Pacific Campaign.

Great book - always wanted 2 read it & finally did.

I know eugene’s son. He’s a huge civil war buff like myself and we go to mobile once a month for the Mobile CW round table. The sledges are an awesome family.

I have had in my possession for many years a letter written by a marine pastor to my cousin's mother who was killed on Okinawa on May 9. The somber note describes how her son was killed during the battle from a sniper's bullet. Recently I discovered the book "with the old breed" written by Mr. Sledge. On page 231 in my copy he briefly describes the assault against Awacha Ridge by Company K where my cousin was killed and reading that in his book it has connected me with a better concept of the awful, life ruining event. If all those brave men only ask to be respected and remembered, I shall not forget their sacrifice.

did he know Jim Hubbard who was at both places with Marines.

@@ozzyoswald7434 He could have, Dad passed in '87

@Tim Cantrell SO MANY DID IT'S SO SAD

My Dad is center screen at 6:53. He's the one with the molotov cocktail. What unit was your dad? I can't find a reference to a unit that fought at Tarawa and Pelieu. My Dad also fought at Tarawa.

I was in the USMC Infantry and served in Iraq in 2003 and 2004. Your dad is a badass.

Your uncle? How old are you? 80?

He ended up as sushi

@@nelsonjackson5718 👍

Nelson Jackson why does he have to be 80? Lmao, his mom could be 10 years younger than her brother, and then didn’t have her kid until she was 30, OP would be like 50’s

@@nelsonjackson5718 I’m 66 and doing well.

And we show that by wilfully throwing away are freedoms, identity and culture. You should check out why the germans started that war because they said there was an international communist conspiracy to control the world and today we call that the NWO. I am ashamed of all those that suffered in ww2 because apart from the communists all other deaths were in vain.

I think the Japanese were the most fanatical and brutal at the time. Even more than the Germans.

Corpsmen are gods to marines, I can say that from experience.

Impossible for him to hsve been involved in every battle. Bullshtter

The Yamato people are all Japanese, a family connected to Emperor Jimmu. It's proof. Hakko Ichiu means that the world is like a family. This shows the fundamental principle of the international order, and the international order to date has been a weak and strong diet. A strong country exploits a weak country. However, Ichiu, the order of the family, does not mean that the strongest patriarch exploits the weakest family! A home is a system in which strong people work for weak people. The strongest country in the world is the weak country, the system that he does working for the weak people When it is possible, the world will be peaceful for the first time. Japan is the strongest, and The Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Area is united with the heart that gave birth to the heaven and earth. It was a battle to win racist excretion and fair trade Proud Japanese who fought in the Greater East Asia War! The atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The indiscriminate bombing of the Hawaii attack Not indiscriminate bombing NO It was a human experiment. America is, You should apologize. That is true It's an alliance

@MeGusta109 Is Japan Contribution to independence from Europe and America I'm proud.

@MeGusta109 ttps://w.atwiki.jp/japanplus/pages/16.html 第二次世界大戦において、日本人は日本のためよりも、むしろ戦争によって利益を得た他の国々のために偉大な歴史を残した。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]On world War II,[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）On World War II, Japan left a great history, not only for Japan, but also for the other countries that got benefits from war. (第３案）In World War II, Japan contributed a great history to the countries benefited by the war rather than its own country. 【確定】On World War II, Japan achieved a great deal in the history, not of its own, but rather of the other countries benefited by the war. それらの国々とは、日本の掲げた理想、大東亜共栄圏に含まれた国々である。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案）They are the Asian countries that are included in Japan's ideal, "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere". （第二案）These countries includes in the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere which Japan has raised its ideal. 【確定】Those countries were included in the Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere that Japan idealized. アーノルド・J・トインビー[文字列の折り返しの区切り]Arnold Joseph Toynbee 図形 シンガポール陥落は、白人植民地主義の歴史に終焉をもたらした。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】（第一案）The fall of Singapore brought an end to the history of white people's colonialism. （第二案）The fall of Singapore brought an end to the history of white race colonialism in Asia. シャルル・ドゴール[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（仏大統領）[文字列の折り返しの区切り]Charles de Gaulle[文字列の折り返しの区切り](French President)[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】(Former French President) 図形 日本軍により、欧米のアジア支配は粉砕された。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案）By the Japanese army, the Asia's domination by Europe and the US was crushed.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）By the Japanese military forces, the Asian domination by the white race has ended.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】By the Japanese army, white domination of Asia was ended. これはアジアに自信を与えた。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】（第一案）Japan's actions gave confidence to Asia.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）This military actions gave confidence to all Asians. 大戦後 15年以内にアジアの植民地は全て解放された。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案） All colonies of Asia were released within 15 years after the World War II.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）Within 15 years, all the Asian colonies were liberated.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】All colonies in Asia were liberated within 15 years after the World War II ゴー・チョクトン[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（シンガポール首相）[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案）Goh Chok Tong (Singaporean Prime Minister)[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）(Prime Minister of Singapore)[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】(Former Prime Minister of Singapore) 図形 我々を白人支配から救い出してくれたのは日本だった[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案）The country which saved us from the rules of whites was Japan.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）Japan liberated us from white rules.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】Thanks to Japan, we were liberated from white rule. 我々は大戦終盤に日本を見限ったが、その恩は決して忘れない。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案）Although we had abandoned Japan in the end of the World War II, we never forget the Japan's kindness.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）Although we abandoned Japan at the end of the War, we never forget their kindness done to us.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】Although we abandoned Japan in the end of the war, we will never forget the debt of gratitude we owe. 日本ほどアジアに貢献した国はない。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案）There is no other country like Japan which has contributed to Asia.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）Japan is the only country which contributed to Asia.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】No other country has ever contributed so much to Asia as Japan. しかし、日本ほど誤解を受けている国もない。[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案）However, there is also no country like Japan that has been so misunderstood[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）However, there is no country as Japan that has been misunderstood.[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】However, no other country has been misunderstood as seriously as Japan. バ・モウ[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（ビルマ首相）[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第一案）Ba Maw ( Burmese Prime Minister )[文字列の折り返しの区切り]（第二案）(Prime Minister of Burma)[文字列の折り返しの区切り]【確定】(Former Prime Minister of Burma)

As the days of Noah Live right stupido!!

Your response needs no answer if your so ignorant to even ask a question like that. Pray you never have to be in the situation these brave men were in......on both sides.

How disrespectful to call a man stupido and you know nothing about them. Just shows you what you are by your own comment.

Yes, you have heard it said that.........and Christ showed a better deed than that. He laid His life down for His enemies. Truly brave and courageous men on both sides.

sailor soul 👈🏼 Another piece of trash.

The army fought many battles in the pacific. Never get any credit for it, seems their role in Europe over shadowed what they accomplished in the pacific

Its really hard to wrap my head around how big WW2 was. There was even fighting in north Africa and the Middle East.

My grandfather was a member of the 81st, 323rd Infantry, Co. F. What these men went through and saw, can never be fully quantified.

@@romegavadquez6310 true. The Army played a massive role in the Pacific, right alongside the Marines. But the European War took precedence in the eyes of the world.

@@romegavadquez6310 yes they did, my Father was in the 1st Marine Division and fought along side many Army soldiers on Pelielu and Okinawa. He never had anything bad to say about the Army, he welcomed them as Brothers trying to attain Victory.

I'm reading it now, 1st day, just landed.

It was actually a totally pointless battle. Do some reading.

@@josephaulisio9281 Had to remove the enemy forces on the way to homeland Japan. So, sad, tragic, horrid, but needed. Be Well. Thanks for reply.

Have you read Victory at Peleliu? It's about the Wildcats.

That must be brutal

His NCO and 1st LT probably died as well, so no one left to explain what happened. Brutal fighting.

My grandfather fought there as well, with the Army's 81st Wildcats.

I am grateful for the sacrifice of your uncle. The hell he must have fought in. A huge chunk of our great nation died with those young men who so heroically fought in the Pacific Islands

You all prolly dont give a shit but does someone know a method to get back into an Instagram account..? I was dumb forgot my account password. I would appreciate any help you can offer me.

✌️🇺🇸 Yes ...I do hope and pray that all of the Brave men... That fought for Our Freedom....Will Never Be Forgotten. My Father is also 1st Marine Division....First wave to land at Guadalcanal and then at Okinawa. 1942-46. He passed away in 1996. I am now 73 and I miss him everyday. 💞 Love and Peace to All Our Brave Veterans...Never to Be Forgotten.💞🇺🇸💙✌️

My Father was also there. I don't think he ever really left that island. He took his own life in 2005. That island was one of the reasons.

@@knutdergroe9757 I think that every soldier that put a footprint in that sand, remembered the horror their whole life.

@@knutdergroe9757 so sorry to hear,he won't be forgotten for his contribution brother!Thankyou from Australia!

@@katherinegates1559 Do you know what regiment? My ol man was at all the above battles also...

The Yamato people are all Japanese, a family connected to Emperor Jimmu. It's proof. Hakko Ichiu means that the world is like a family. This shows the fundamental principle of the international order, and the international order to date has been a weak and strong diet. A strong country exploits a weak country. However, Ichiu, the order of the family, does not mean that the strongest patriarch exploits the weakest family! A home is a system in which strong people work for weak people. The strongest country in the world is the weak country, the system that he does working for the weak people When it is possible, the world will be peaceful for the first time. Japan is the strongest, and The Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Area is united with the heart that gave birth to the heaven and earth. It was a battle to win racist excretion and fair trade Proud Japanese who fought in the Greater East Asia War! The atomic bombs of Hiroshima and Nagasaki The indiscriminate bombing of the Hawaii attack Not indiscriminate bombing NO It was a human experiment. America is, You should apologize. That is true It's an alliance

@@user-ed8wc1yr8s ah yes

@@kkkaaa5967 ああそう

True patriots will send Republican traitors to the gas chamber.Trump and his minions collaborated with Russia to kill American troops in Afghaniatsn.

@@davidhoward437 Are you a trouble make spreading lies like your counterparts. Take a hike..

@@davidhoward437 You are out of your mind. Trump never did any such thing. Stop making up lies. You must work for the fake media....CNN perhaps.

yes New Britain was very deadly. RIP to your friend Shigeru Mizuki

My uncle was in A/1/5. Lost his life, 15 Sept. 1944. Your friend had an angel in his pocket.

His company commander wrote a little known and out of print book called Coral Comes High. You can get most anything printed now

Different reasons entirely for these two theaters though. In Europe, pre-landing bombardments were obscured by typical western European weather patterns, and bombers who missed open targets. In the Pacific, they relied MUCH more on the Navy and Marine pilots. Their bombardments were executed excellently, but the Japanese hid underground, so anything thrown at them would not be able to break through.

A pointless one too

What happen to Tarawa atoll ?

All battle's are the "bloodiest" and "biggest" conflict in American history. Literally you hear this on every battle of every war and Battles in between

American losses in WWII. Guadalcanal: 7,100 in 6 months Tarawa: 1,700 in 4 days Saipan: 3,430 in 25 days Peleliu: 2,340 in 2.5 months Iwo Jima: 6,825 in 37 days Okinawa: 20,200 in 82 days

@AGENT 47 Peleliu is is the Palau Island chain

Pelelui and Okinawa

Hay defile

Schools don't have the time to discuss every WWII battle. There were so many battles going on it would take an entire school year just to discuss the war and all the battles in the Pacific. The war in Europe would take another entire school year to cover. World War Two is something people have to learn on their own. Information is out there.....more and more old military footage is being released and it can be purchased. The library is a great source of war information...One should never rely solely on the internet. There have been a great number of books written by marines, soldiers and survivors of WWII and their stories are priceless. You have to take the initiative to find out things for yourself. School is only going to cover a fraction of the war....usually D-Day.

@sailor soul 😂

MacArthur had nothing to do with the invasion of Peleliu. Operation Stalemate was devised exclusively by the Navy and was insisted by Nimitz. MacArthur only gets the blame because it became part of the joint Army/Navy plan to liberate the Philippines, but the Palau Islands were going to be invaded regardless of the US strategy in 1944.

To be fair, there were "easy" battles in the Pacific. You just don't hear about them because the bigger battles will always produce more casualties.

You should read more.

Sooooo, how would you have defeated Nazis or slavery. Negotiate.? Treaty? League of Nations? U.N.

Well this country wouldn’t exist if it wasn’t for a war.

@@TheAmericanInfidel No country would exist if not for war.

hans granheim your too right , supply is vital, and water in this part of the world should have been #1 priority, this whole battle kicked off with that most important aspect falling by the way side. This factor also falls on enlisted to push for the resource to be put in place as a main stay through out the operation. We know what is said about the best laid plans, from experience. SALUTE TO THESE MARINES .

No whoever was to blame should've been shot.

Agreed. Fuck up on the food. Fuck up on the first aid. He'll, even fuck up on the ammo. Never fuck up on the water. Ever.

Marines said their water came in old petrol drums and was toxic. Behind the lines heroes always take revenge on the brave ones.

@@eglin32 Japanese commanders did this to their troops on Iwo Jima. Japanese defenders ran out of water,food and ammo on that Island. In my opinion the Marines did not win the island of Iwo Jima, the Japanese lost it.

Japan is the first human race in Japan at the WW1 Paris conference Racism excretion bill Do you know Hakkou Ichiu? It means that humanity is a family. It is the word of His Majesty the Emperor 2000 years ago. Japan is Asia and Japan is the only independent nation. We are responsible for liberating Asia. Why did the West send troops to Asia? Thank you for answering the question. Thank you for sending the music.

It is rare to hear anything about Angaur…much less to know anyone who’s been there. I lived in Palau for a while (early 90s) and never made it to Angaur so that must have been quite the experience. Your story also reminds me of a Japanese Zero that use to be on a reef on the east side of the archipelago and we use to visit it there on our boat. It is something to see, touch and contemplate on history when you visit these locations. Cheers.

@@user-ed8wc1yr8s Are you saying the Japanese race is superior to all other races?

@@losttribe3001 Would you like it in Japanese?

@@losttribe3001 Although its been 45 years since I was there, I think I could tell you where every artifact was, because I spent a whole year exploring the island and its burned into my memory. However, one section of the island went unexplored by me because it is a swamp. I didn't go there. Plus, there is an inland lake that I only saw from afar because it has such steep sides to it. I think it is a crater lake that is filled in by seawater that has seeped in through the porous limestone, plus rainwater. We were told it also has saltwater crocodiles in it. I wasn't going to prove that point! ;)

Actually, Nimitz wanted to give it a miss.

MacArthur had no say one way or the other. It was the Navy's operation and Nimitz's call. In fact, MacArthur, for his part, heeded Halsey's advice and advanced the invasion date of the Philippines. Nimitz, however, insisted that Operation Stalemate II move forward because he claimed it was too late to call it off; no doubt encouraged by intelligence that Peleliu and Angaur were not heavily defended.

No Sir, he said "Get up" and move that way.

Oh

Are you sure

@Fred Flintstone Soooo....... you're anti-Semitic!? Time to come out of the Stone Age Fred.

they tried that in WW1 it does not work

They tried but the Japanese hid underground

They did, they actually shelled further inland as the Marines moved forward. The Japanese had in limestone caves, and tunnels, rendering the shelling useless.

We didn't have bunker busters back then.

"Danger Close" with a 16" shell is about a mile.

Flames pull the oxygen out of Bunkers and suffocate the occupants.Ask the Germans.

I am 13 years old and from Egypt, even though I am not American I still love learning about what those brave men did that day. Over the past 2 years, I have been putting time and effort into learning about the great sacrifice all these men made.

The Marine Corps is currently preparing for a war just like this as we speak. The Marine Corps is restructuring more than any time since WWI from what I've learned.

No war will ever be fought like this again...not with today's weaponry. A few buttons to press...and, it's game over.

Probably from the petrol drums that should have had water!

Yes. Cocktails, flamethrowers, and napalm were the mainstay in this hell hole

The 81st were the ones that fought on Anguar and Peleliu.

@@stanstenson8168 I know that the 81st known as the Wildcats fought on both islands.Watch in minute 5, the helmets of the soldiers:The Liberty statue is drawn.

@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 You're right. So that shot isn't at Palau at all. Looking at the island in the background, it doesn't even look like it. Good catch.

Semper Fi Devildog!

🇺🇸💙✌️ Semper FI ....Love and Peace To All Of Our Brave Veteran's.💞 Never to Be Forgotten. Thank you for your Service to Our Country.🇺🇸✌️

Not sure if you're still on here but my grandfather served in Vietnam from 67-72 air cav. He passed due to cancer from the chemical's he got exposed to in the war back in '11. Respect to you as well it was a nasty war from what he told me and you guys never got the respect you deserved when you came home

Nelson Jackson I’m sorry for your loss 🙏🏻❤️

CORPS WILL KEEP BRINGING "DEMOCRACY"

Fortifications were too strong.

Beach defenses were either way too strong in some areas or generally impossible to say in others. Along several points, most notably on the northern most beach and southern most beach were promontories with several thick-walled concrete bunkers, impossible to see from above and barely visible on the ground level. Other defenses were no more than several machine gunners in ditches, screened by foliage.

Another one of MacArthur's hard-ons for being routed from Manilla. A lot of American young blood was spilled all in the name of his massive ego.

@Tim Cantrell Russia has entered the chat.