Trip to Palau and Peleliu

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Part of Bloody Nose Ridge.

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Our guide has some more pics of the battle after the 81st division releaved Pullers first Regiment.

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Our guide has some more pics from his Japanese magazine.

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Driving up to the memorials I noticed some caves 100 yds before we park.

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I'm not going up there.

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A sign post. Those two caves are to the right, I'm moving left.

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farther to the left another 25 yards is a trail heading up the ridge.

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Hmmmm, 4822 items....think I'll stay on the "marked" trail.

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Heading up what I believe is the South end and East side of Bloody Nose Ridge.

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A Japanese marker

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Lets show the map again. I think I'm heading up at the 81m mark in the direction of the Bloody Nose Ridge Monuments.

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The Japanese battlefield monument.

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Stairs heading up.

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Heading up Bloody Nose Ridge.

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Half way up, Major Jackson's TBF crashed near here.

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At the top of the South end of Bloody Nose Ridge.

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Looking Westerly to the North end of White Beach.(I think)