Bloody Nose Ridge Peleliu

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. The regiment had suffered 1,749 casualties in 8 days of fightingThe 1st Marines had taken on one of the roughest assignments ever given to a Marine regiment, conducting one of the most fiercely aggressive fights ever waged against an equally determined and savage adversary. They had destroyed over 145 Japanese caves and pillboxes and killed 3,942 Japanese. The price was high. The regiment had suffered 56-percent casualties: 71 percent in 1/1, 56 percent in 2/1, 55 percent in 3/1, 32 percent in the regiments headquarters and weapons companies. Of the 9 rifle platoons in the 3 companies of 1/1, 74 men and no original platoon leaders remained

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Thanksfor looking

Mac

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A compelling piece. Nicely done.

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Real nice work…lots of action…

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Another great job there Mac! I think you did a good depication of the living hell that fighting on the islands must have been.

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I just finished E.B. Sledge’s “With the old breed” on Peleleiu and Okinawa, I know of this battle well! Was hell fighting the fanatical japanese under those conditions in the South Pacific. The conditions were almost as likely if not more likely to get you than the Japs themselves. What a shame to lose a great officer like Andy Haldane, and many other fine young men there. One of the “forgotten” Island battles, much like Tarawa.

  • Rudy