The Peleliu airstrip, also known as the Sledge runway, was the scene of the 1944 Battle of Peleliu ... Peleliu, an island of Micronesia that belongs to the nation of Palau, is part of the ...

Peleliu: WWII's Most Well-Preserved Battlefield is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire ...

The island is approximately 1,400 miles from ... Eugene Sledge, who fought in the Battle of Peleliu with the 1st Marine Division and later authored one of the key Marine memoirs of the war ...

Haldane was only 27 when a Japanese sniper's bullet ended his life Oct. 12, 1944, on Peleliu Island in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Few people who knew him back then are alive today.