Peleliu: D-day landings, taking of airstrip - G-1013

Summary

1944/09/15 - 08:00 Peleliu - 5th Marines 2nd wave landings Various shots of landing craft heading to shoreline, pull up on beach 01:10 Marines digging in on beach MS Marine runs through brush WS more boats land on beach WS desolate landscape MS Marine climbing up towards ridge MS Marines walk around brush MS tank moves forward slightly MS smoking landscape LS smoking landscape, Marine runs past FG WS desolate landscape, Marine crouching immediate FG WS desolate landscape, Japanese plane in BG, Marines run aroujd in MG CU Marine behind ledge with machine gun 02:08 1944/09/15 - 10:00 Peleliu - 5th Marines 2nd wave landings MS Marine sprays Japanese cave with flamethrower MS Marines watch cave smoking, Japanese soldier runs out and is shot by Marine with rifle MS Marin looks over dead body of Japanese soldier MS Marine looking in to cave MS dead Japanese soldier MS Marine looking over dead Japanese soldier MS charred corpse of dead Japanese soldier MS dead Japanese soldier CU fire burning in cave MS destroyed plane LS landscape, smoke rising in distance, plane flies overhead CU tail of damaged Japanese plane LS Marines carrying stretcher LS desolate landscape 03:30 various WS of Marines start to run across open airstrip, some are in FG, MG, BG LS tanks and troops move L to R across airstrip MS casualty on ground being looked after by another MArine, airstrip in BG multiple LS airstrip, smoke and explosions in BG, Marines in BG various MS as Marines creep behind tanks across airstrip Planes overhead LS Marines approach middle of airstrip, destroyed plane hangar in ruins on left MS Marines run L to R across airstrip MS Marines take cover behind tank and fire at targets on airstrip, tank moves off 05:13 1944/09/16 - 11:00 Peleliu - Advance across airstrip LS airstrip smoking, Marines in MG with tank LS Marines running from runway in to longer grass MS Marine walking up to smoking target MS destroyed Japanese hangar in BG, Marine on floor in MG multiple LS airstrip smoking, Marines in MG with tank, eventually explosion goes off MS Marine walks in front of tank in smoke filled environment MS Marines creep around tank in middle of airstrip, explosions in BG various MS Marines take cover with machine guns and mortars MS various dead Japanese on the floor MS Marine circles around, drops to floor suddenly MS-PAN desolate landscape, Marine in FG, Marine circles about