Peleliu: The Devil's Island

// WWII PACIFIC THEATER SEPTEMBER 1944 Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Guadalcanal all stand out as major battles of the US WWII Pacific Campaign, but Peleliu arguably equaled or surpassed them all in scale and ferocity. Major General William Rupertus, Commander of the 1st Marine Division, confidently predicted the capture of Peleliu would “only take three days – maybe two.”  But the Japanese had learned …