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The US Marines feed thousands of marines into a Japanese meat grinder for no tactical reason before trying to ignore help from the Army to save their pride. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Sledge, Eugene B. (1990). With the Old Breed: At Peleliu And Okinawa Leckie, Robert, Helmet For My Pillow Anderson, Charles R. Western Pacific. The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/unnecessary-hell-the-battle-of-peleliu/