NOT KNOWN FACTS ABOUT BATTLE OF PELELIU CASUALTIES

The landing craft had to operate a gauntlet of enfilade fire, and many shells tragically uncovered their mark. Twenty-six LVAs took immediate hits in the very first ten minutes, and no below 60 were wrecked or ruined throughout the 1st hour and forty minutes.But on Peleliu, Yerxa recollects how that led to everlasting confusion in the regiment, as