WWII - Color, 1944, Peleliu: Landing & Battle, Orange Beach; Russell Isles Briefing. 16Sep44

WWII - Color, 1944, Peleliu: Landing & Battle, Orange Beach; Russell Isles Briefing. 16Sep44 VS 105mm ammunition / shells loaded onto landing craft in cargo nets. Marines on deck of ship. MS landing craft & warship w/ Marines on deck. 10:36:38: Pan from warship to fleet of LCI / landing craft and amphibious vehicles approaching Peleliu. Good. CU amphibious ?. Marines operating blinker ALDIS lamp. LS Orange beach, aircraft drop bombs. 10:38:27: Marines climb down ladder onto landing craft. PoV shots from landing craft. CUs Marines. 10:39:32: Landing craft hits beach, Marines jump off. CUs dead Japanese soldier, blood on face. Wounded Marine bandaged. Tank stuck in sand. Dead Marine hauled aboard tank. CU Marine. Wreckage of plane? 10:41:50: Large group of Marines rest on beach. Marine w/ navigation chart. Amphibs. on shoreline at dusk. 10:43:12: VS briefing session at Marine operation center in jungle, Russell Isles 23Aug44? Vars CUs Marines pointing to maps of Palau Islands. Marines w/ war dogs; march through jungle; test smoke bombs. WW2; Pacific War; Animals in War; Invasion Activity; War Dogs;