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With the Old Breed: At Peleliu And Okinawa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195067142. Sloan, Bill (2005). Brotherhood of Heroes: The Marines at Peleliu, 1944 – The Bloodiest Battle of the Pacific War. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0743260090. Wright, Derrick (2005). To the Far Side of Hell: The Battle for Peleliu, 1944. Fire Ant Books. ISBN 0817352813.
Monument to the 323rd Infantry Regiment, a coral obelisk at Bloody Nose Ridge (Umurbrogol), for the 323rd Regiment of the U.S. Army's 81st Infantry Division at [ 17 ] Bloody Nose Ridge 1st Marine Division Memorial, Peliliu US Military Monument, near Shinto Shrinea at 7°00′38″N 134°14′10″E / 7.010677°N 134.236119°E / 7. ...
Battalion of the Damned: The 1st Marine Paratroopers at Gavutu and Bloody Ridge, 1942. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-114-3. Davis, Donald A. (2005). Lightning Strike: The Secret Mission to Kill Admiral Yamamoto and Avenge Pearl Harbor. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-30906-6. Frank, Richard (1990).
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Emais Roberts is a Palauan politician and physician who has served as Governor of Peleliu since 2022. He previously served as the country's Minister of Health from 2017 to 2021 and led the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Palau .
The episode follows the 5th Marine Regiment as they prepare to reach Bloody Nose Ridge, despite the heavy Japanese defense. According to Nielsen Media Research , the episode was seen by an estimated 2.55 million household viewers and gained a 0.9 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Some of the heaviest fighting of the entire war took place in places such as Bloody Nose Ridge and the central ridges of the island that made up the Umurbrogol Pocket. [22] The month of fighting against the 14th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) on Peleliu cost the 1st Marine Division 1,252 dead and 5,274 wounded. [23]
Haldane graduated from the Reserve Officers’ Training School in Quantico and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps on January 31, 1942. [14] He served with the 1st Marine Division on Guadalcanal, [15] and was commanding officer of Company K at Cape Gloucester, where he received the Silver Star for leading hand-to-hand combat in a fight on Walt's Ridge.