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Lieutenant) April 09, 2015

Bitter fighting by US Army Soldiers and Marines along the Shuri Line on Okinawa Island in 1945 during World War II. Combat scenes from the Naha, Shuri, and Yonabaru areas in the beginning and at the end with short vignettes of conditions on the island in between. Included are scenes of the...read more

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Lieutenant) March 18, 2015

US Marines in Heavy Combat on Peleliu - Graphic. Mainly shot from a ridge overlooking the battlefield, this film gives the viewer a unique look into the bitter fighting by U.S. Marines on Peleliu during WW2. Narrated.

The second video here, "Cleanup Operations On Peleliu and Angaur...read more

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Shared by Bletchley Park (

Lieutenant) October 19, 2014

World War II saw some of most rapid technological advances impacting military forces in history. The advances in technology impacted the organization and tactics of major power military forces, especially those of the United States, Germany, the Soviet Union and Great Britain. These advances...read more

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Lieutenant) October 19, 2014

Solomons the focus of the US shifted to the thrust across the Central Pacific. Unlike the Solomons which were initially a Navy and Marine Corps Operation and shifted to the Army under MacArthur as the campaign shifted to Borneo, the operations here would be an almost total Navy and Marine Corps...read more

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Shared by Chindit (

Lieutenant) September 24, 2014

Foreword.- Many factors combined to make the assault on Peleliu one of the least understood operations of World War II. Yet it was one of the most vicious and stubbornly contested, and nowhere was the fighting efficiency of the U.S. Marine more convincingly demonstrated....read more

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HQ Comando Supremo) June 10, 2014

Welcome to the Official Web Site for VMF - 312, Day's Knights, later known as theCheckerboarders. The purpose of this page is to give recognition and general information about this Marine Squadron born out of World War II. Contained within can be found pictures, accounts, and a complete list of...read more

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HQ Comando Supremo) June 10, 2014

El Chance-Vought F-4U Corsair fue el primer caza norteamericano equipado con un motor de pistones que alcanzó una velocidad superior a los 640 km/h en vuelo horizontal. Este avión, denominado por sus principales adversarios, los japoneses, como la "muerte silbante" ostentó durante el conflicto...read more

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Battle of Okinawa US Marines & Army Soldiers in Combat Naha Shuri Yonabaru Line 1945 WW2

US Marines in Heavy Combat on Peleliu

The Impact of Technology on the Organization, Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War

One Square Mile of Hell: The Invasion of Tarawa

The Assault on Peleliu

Marine Fighting Squadron 312 (VMF-312) - Day's Knights - Checkerboarders

Vought F-4U Corsair (USA)

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