INVASION OF PELELIU: BOMBARDMENT: VARIOUS VIEWS OF TASK FORCE Part 1

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1) LS LST & LCI convoy underway on horizon.2) MS Capt. Decker & Adm. Fort on bridge.3) GV LCVPs underway, LSTs BG.4) LS-Pan Is. under bombardment, DD & BB FG.5) GV-LS Aux. ships & landing ships offshore.6) MS Officers on bridge watch bombardment, Is. BG.7) LS BB fires, Is. BG.8) GV Wave LCIs underway to beach, some fire rockets.9) GV BB bombards beach, Is. BG.10) MS Officers on bridge watch bombardment-SV.11) MS Adms. Fort & Cochrane watch bombardment.12) MS CA offshore, LCI FG.13) HS Casualties unloaded from LVT & carried up gangway-SV.QUALITY: FAIR

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities