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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:14 pm
by Mark VII
view of firing ports. You can almost see the water through the jungle.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:20 pm
by Mark VII
Within a couple of yards of the bunker. A Type 94 AT Gun?

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:21 pm
by Mark VII
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:22 pm
by Mark VII
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 4:24 pm
by Mark VII
Scarlet beach. Not invaded.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 3:51 am
by Reg

F6F Hellcat
ORIGINAL: Mark VII

I think a F4U wing.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:14 am
by Reg

Good guess though it will be a bit hard to pick the manufacturer Grumman (TBF-1C) or General Motors (TBM-1C) from this photo as they were practically identical. It definitely isn't a TBM-3 with double cowl intakes.
ORIGINAL: Mark VII

don't know if this is a crash or more likely a dump. Someone should know what this cowling belonged to.

edit: I wonder if this is from a TBF or a TBM-1C?

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 5:06 pm
by rsallen64
Thank you so much for these pics. When I have visited battlefields, like Gettysburg and Antietam, I am always humbled and moved by the fact that so many people gave their lives in this place where I am now walking. There is a sense in the air that you can feel but not describe. I get something of the same sense by looking at these pictures and recalling what I have read of this battle. So, thank you again for sharing.

RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 12:26 am
by Mark VII
I couldn't of said it better. I guess that is the feeling I had. Same feeling when I visited Guadalcanal and Normandy.
ORIGINAL: rsallen64

When I have visited battlefields, like Gettysburg and Antietam, I am always humbled and moved by the fact that so many people gave their lives in this place where I am now walking. There is a sense in the air that you can feel but not describe.

RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 8:11 am
by jhyden
Excellent pics.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:48 pm
by Mark VII
Now we head to our last stop of this tour. The American aircraft boneyard.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:48 pm
by Mark VII
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:50 pm
by Mark VII
This is on the little peninsula that is the South side of the Seabee made artificial lagoon now know as South Dock. Our boat is also anchored here so it makes sense.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:53 pm
by Mark VII
This was maybe 200 yards long. It was impossible to see it all.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:55 pm
by Mark VII
Think I saw a B-24 wing and Corsair and Hellcat parts.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:55 pm
by Mark VII
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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:56 pm
by Mark VII
I do doubt that this air conditioner dates to WWII.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:57 pm
by Mark VII
Very over grown

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu

Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2018 5:58 pm
by Mark VII
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