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Jay de l'Eau

Born July 29, 1923

Died December 2, 1997 · aged 74

Jay de l'Eau was a US Marine Corps corporal who fought with Eugene Sledge's unit in the Battle of Peleliu during World War II.

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Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific

Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific · 1991

Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific

MovieDocumentaryWar

The men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment describe the ferocious battle for the Island of Peleliu, "an island on fire." In conditions that tested the sanity of each man, 9,000 Marines attacked 10,000 battle hardened Japanese soldiers dug into hundred of fortified and reinforced coral and limestone caves. Twenty-eight days of unrelenting battle with no quarter being given or taken. Brutal, harrowing, but heart-rending, the stories of these soldiers truly speak to the horror of war.

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Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific

Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific · 1991

Peleliu 1944: Horror in the Pacific

MovieDocumentaryWar

The men of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment describe the ferocious battle for the Island of Peleliu, "an island on fire." In conditions that tested the sanity of each man, 9,000 Marines attacked 10,000 battle hardened Japanese soldiers dug into hundred of fortified and reinforced coral and limestone caves. Twenty-eight days of unrelenting battle with no quarter being given or taken. Brutal, harrowing, but heart-rending, the stories of these soldiers truly speak to the horror of war.

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