In September 1944, during the island-hopping campaign across the Pacific, U.S. Marines launched an invasion of the small ...
On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to ...
U.S. military officials carried out the first-ever repatriation ceremony at the Manila American Cemetery for the remains of “unknown” U.S. service members.