1st Marine Division USMC - THE OLD BREED
in PELELIU BATTLE
The 1st Marine Division is a Marine infantry division of the United States Marine Corps.
It is the oldest and largest active duty division in the United States Marine Corps, It is one of three active duty divisions in the Marine Corps today and is a multi-role, expeditionary ground combat force. It is nicknamed "The Old Breed".
One of greates battle in World War 2 at PTO for the 1st Marine Division was the bloodiest Battle of Peleliu.
They landed on 15 September 1944 as part of the III Amphibious Corps assault on the island. The division's commanding general, Major General William H. Rupertus had predicted the fighting would be, "...tough but short. It'll be over in three or four days – a fight like Tarawa. Rough but fast. Then we can go back to a rest area."
Making a mockery of the prediction, the first week of the battle alone cost the division 3,946 casualties, during which time they secured the key airfield sites.
The division fought on Peleliu for one month before being relieved.
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 with many bunkers battle and caves. 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.
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- Marines are not a branch, they are a breed -
- And 1st Marine Div is The Old Breed -
- They Shall Grow Not Old... -
- As We That Are Left Grow Old -
- Age shall not weary them -
- Nor the years comdemn -
- At the going down the sun and the morning -
- We will remember them -
SEMPER FIDELIS
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Photos Reenactment By Reenactor Friends 2017
It is the oldest and largest active duty division in the United States Marine Corps, It is one of three active duty divisions in the Marine Corps today and is a multi-role, expeditionary ground combat force. It is nicknamed "The Old Breed".
One of greates battle in World War 2 at PTO for the 1st Marine Division was the bloodiest Battle of Peleliu.
They landed on 15 September 1944 as part of the III Amphibious Corps assault on the island. The division's commanding general, Major General William H. Rupertus had predicted the fighting would be, "...tough but short. It'll be over in three or four days – a fight like Tarawa. Rough but fast. Then we can go back to a rest area."
Making a mockery of the prediction, the first week of the battle alone cost the division 3,946 casualties, during which time they secured the key airfield sites.
The division fought on Peleliu for one month before being relieved.
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 with many bunkers battle and caves. 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.
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- Marines are not a branch, they are a breed -
- And 1st Marine Div is The Old Breed -
- They Shall Grow Not Old... -
- As We That Are Left Grow Old -
- Age shall not weary them -
- Nor the years comdemn -
- At the going down the sun and the morning -
- We will remember them -
SEMPER FIDELIS
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Photos Reenactment By Reenactor Friends 2017
not as LEAN
still as MEAN
always A MARINE
Oooorah !!!
still as MEAN
always A MARINE
Oooorah !!!
Marines battle action in bunker
Peleliu 1944.
SEMPER FIDELIS
ALL GAVE SOME - SOME GAVE ALL
ALL GAVE SOME - SOME GAVE ALL
Lokasi foto : Desa Seloharjo, Pundong, Bantul, Yogyakarta.
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