In World War II, this was the approach route for a fight that would go down in history for its brutality and most likely needlessness. Des Matsutaro is heading home to the island of Peleliu.

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sailors and airmen still listed as missing in World War II. Hundreds of them are here on Peleliu. In a clearing to the east of the feature known as Bloody Nose Ridge, the JARRWC team has excavated ...

They confounded Japanese military cryptologists during World War II and participated in all assaults the Marines led in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945, including at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Peleliu and ...