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Peleliu: Then and Today

Peleliu: Then and Today

Part IV of Islands of Blood: War in the Pacific

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Nathan A Drescher
Jun 09, 2022
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In the village of Teliu, on Peleliu’s southwest coast, they call the small volcanic mountain range to the north “Umurbrogol.” But to historians and the US Marines, it’s called “Bloody Nose Ridge.” Nowhere else reflects the sheer hell and sacrifice of the fight for this tiny Pacific Island than those jagged, rocky hills.

The battle for Peleliu is one of …

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