Peleliu

Peleliu Island is an island in the nation of Palau. It was the site of a major battle in WWII. The battle was supposed to be secured in under four days, but because of Japanese fortifications and their fight to the death style, the battle took over two months. The whole purpose of the operation was to capture the airstrip there and use it to land and refuel B-29 bombers. This was one of the hardest fought battle in the history of the Marines and was also the second time napalm was used in the Pacific Theater by dropping it from aircraft.