Peleliu: Land combat and casualties - R-267

Summary

1944/09/15 - 09:00 Peleliu - Marine corps on ship Land combat and casualties CU man sketching on map aboard ship LS-PAN Peleliu, smoke columns rising in air. Landing craft and small battle craft in FG. MCU-PAN treating and loading casualties aboard landing craft MCU helping casualties aboard ship MDS –transferring casualties on stretchers from one LCVP to another LCVP MDS-PAN casualties laying on deck of LCVP MCU casualty with burned face CU bringing casualties aboard ship MCU sailors carrying casualties along-side of ship MCU bringing casualties from LCVP aboard ship MDS casualties in LCVP MCU-PAN loading casualties from LCVP aboard hospital ship CU doctors operating on wounded man CU dressing on wounded man after operation 1944/09/19 - 09:30 Peleliu - bazooka firing at pillboxes, dead Marines, moving forward LS explosions on airstrip MS man on hill firing bazooka MS loading bazooka LS airstrip MS bazooka man and assistant advancing up side of hill CU man firing Bazooka LS bazooka shell exploding on hill MS dead men on ground covered with ponchos MS men getting up from ground and moving out MS men moving out through dense undergrowth MLS men moving out through open terrain, considerable undergrowth in foreground MS men crouched down in undergrowth bandaging hand 1944/09/19 - 12:00 Peleliu - moving forward, bombardment, mail, stretcher bearers MS men moving through swamp with equipment on shoulder MS Swamp MS explosions on ridge MS Marine walking along trail away from camera MCU Marine crouched down in undergrowth MLS tank parked in undergrowth LS across swamp showing explosion LS across swamp showing men moving out through thick undergrowth MS shell explosion in water MCU men reading letters and eating chow MLS men advancing through heavy brush MCU men using radio phone and getting information off paper and map MS men moving through dense undergrowth with equipment on shoulders MS men carrying man on stretcher past camera, through dense undergrowth