General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. INVASION OF PELELIU: LVTs HIT BEACH, OFFICERS AT MEETING

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. INVASION OF PELELIU: LVTs HIT BEACH, OFFICERS AT MEETING

1944

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1) HS Marines wade in surf from causeway, board LST.2) LS Night shot--blinker from signal tower.3) LS LVTs underway, shells burst on beach.4) GV-MS LVTs hit beach; Marines move inland.5) SHS-Pan Marines board LCTs from beach.6) GV Wave of LVTs hits beach, Marines advance in brush-SV.7) MS Marine comes down coconut palm.8) MCU Communications post, men with phone, etc-BV.9) MS-MCU Group of high-ranking officers.10) GV LCVPs & LVTs in rendezvous area11) LS Running pan--Wave of LCVPs hits beach.12) GV-Pan Beached LCVPs, LSTs BG.13) MS Camouflaged bow of AP.14) HS Anchor hoist-SV.15) HS Men & officers arrive in jeep16) MS Cdr. Britton, Gen. Rupertus & Gen 1958 truck, and at meeting.QUALITY: GOOD TO FAIR

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Rupertus, W. H. (William Henry), 1889-1945

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William Henry Rupertus was born November 14, 1889, in Washington, D.C. He received his commission in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1913, and served with the American Legation in Peking from 1929 to 1933, and then with the Fourth U.S. Marines in Shanghai, China in 1937 and 1938. He commanded the Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. from 1938 to 1940, advancing to the rank of brigadier general in January 1942, then major general in July 1943. From July 1943 to November 1944, he commanded the First U.S. ...