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Day two of the invasion on Peleliu.
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They thought it would be a very short campaign,
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maybe over in two or three days--
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Only a couple of thousand Japanese there.
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The only problem was there were more Japanese there
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than there were marines waiting to get ashore.
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We didn't realize there was a ridge there
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with over 500 caves in it,
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All seeing every bit of us on that island.
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The Japanese resistance was so fierce
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that the marines couldn't get supplies to shore.
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During the day the temperature rose