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Snipers hold out on Peleliu

10th October 1944: A change in Japanese tactics makes 'mopping up' a deadly business for US Marines, even far behind the 'front line'

Oct 10, 2024
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‘Cautiously advancing on a Jap pillbox on Peleliu, two Marines order the enemy soldiers inside to surrender. When the Japs refused, the Leathernecks were left with but one alternative -- to blow them out.
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