Something a little different for this weeks podcast. The audio from the documentary 'Peleliu 1944: Horror In The Pacific'.
This interview features members from K/3/5 that includes E.B Sledge, R.V Burgin, Bill Leyden, Jay De L'eau and Richard Kelly.
On the 15th September 1943, the @usmarinecorps of the 1st Marine Division landed on the beaches of Peleliu as part of Operation Stalemate II, as well as the soldiers of the 81st Infantry Division, to capture and secure a Japanese airfield to protect MacArthur’s left flank.
There is much controversy surrounding this operation because of the negligible strategic value that resulted in high casualties over the course of more than two months of fighting.
“An Island on fire, over 10,000 japs waiting for 9,000 rifleman” Bill Leyden, K/3/5 of the 1st Marine Division.
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