As the Marines and Army Wildcats waited offshore, the Tennessee-class battleship unleashed a relentless bombardment on Peleliu and Angaur, its twelve 14-inch guns systematically tearing through ...

The connections to the US are particularly resonant on Palau’s southern islands of Peleliu and Angaur. The two isles were sites of bloody World War 2 battles in which more than 12 000 US soldiers were ...

The connections to the US are particularly resonant in Palau’s southern islands of Peleliu and Angaur. Many of the 100 or so residents of Angaur have relatives serving in the US military. US law ...