FACTS ABOUT WHY WAS THE BATTLE OF PELELIU IMPORTANT REVEALED

The landing craft needed to run a gauntlet of enfilade fire, and lots of shells tragically identified their mark. 20-six LVAs took direct hits inside the initial ten minutes, and no less than sixty ended up wrecked or weakened in the 1st hour and 40 minutes.The ruins of many of the military installations in the period, like the airstrip, are still