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2. US military rebuilds runway on site of ‘nightmare’ World War ...

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   A US Marine Corps aircraft has landed on a rebuilt runway on a World War II-era Japanese airfield on the Pacific island of Peleliu, site of one of the Marines’ bloodiest battles of the war and ...

3. Peleliu - Wikipedia

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   Peleliu and Angaur were the only islands in the Palau archipelago to be occupied by the Americans during the war. The capital of Koror remained in Japanese hands to the end of the war. Peleliu was formally placed under the control of the United States under United Nations auspices in 1947 as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ...

4. Part Six (The Pacific) - Wikipedia

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   The episode follows the Marines as they prepare to take the Peleliu airfield. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.38 million household viewers and gained a 0.8 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received critical acclaim, with critics praising the performances, directing, writing and pacing.

5. Part Five (The Pacific) - Wikipedia

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   This episode also marks a number of new things for the series. Besides the aforementioned cinematic changes, it shows the first time our marines really get in a tough skirmish with a lot of lives lost on the American side. The entire Peleliu engagement had the highest casualty rate of all the battles in the Pacific, and here we get a sense of why."

6. Mariana and Palau Islands campaign - Wikipedia

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   After heavy fighting, Saipan was secured in July and Guam and Tinian in August 1944. The U.S. then constructed airfields on Saipan and Tinian where B-29s were based to conduct strategic bombing missions against the Japanese home islands until the end of World War II, including the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

7. Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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   Tinian Municipality is one of the four constituent municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands. It consists of Tinian and Aguiguan islands and their offshore islets. The municipality is the second southernmost in the Northern Marianas and has a land area of 108.1 km 2 (41.7 sq mi).

8. Survivor Philippines: Palau - Wikipedia

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   [2] [3] The season was filmed on the island of Peleliu in Palau. [1] The season aired on GMA Network five times a week from August 17, 2009, until the live finale on November 13, 2009, when Amanda Coolley van Cooll was named the winner over Justine Ferrer and Jef Gaitan by a jury vote of 4–3–0, earning the ₱3,000,000 and the title of ...

9. Battle of Tinian - Wikipedia

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   A series of oblique aerial photographs were taken of Tinian's beaches. The headquarters of the Japanese 31st Army on Saipan was overrun in mid-June, and captured documents provided a full order of battle of the Japanese forces on Tinian. [53] The Americans estimated the strength of the Japanese garrison as 8,039, which was quite accurate. [55]