gelatina ai sali d'argento, Office of War Information

Sul verso del supporto primario : OWI OVERSEAS BRANCH/ EXHIBIT SECTION/ EXHIBIT #212-7 "Best CBI-Pacific Pictures/ Week of Oct.21"/ File No. 33795 FMC/ TANKS CARRY MARINES TO PELELIU FIGHTING/ With weary troopers riding on the decks, U.S. Marine Corps/ tanks move along a dirt road on Peleliu on their way to/ support an infantry advance against fiercely resisting/ remnants of the Japanese garrison. the capture of peleliu,/ hub of enemy defenses in the central Pacific Palau Islands,/ required two weeks of some of the bitterest fighting of the/ war. Less than a month after the initial landings on Sept./ 14,1944, however, ten islands in the group were under U.S./ control, supplying new bases for advances into the Philippines./ APPROVED BY APPROPRIATE U.S. AUTHORITY.\pSul verso del supporto primario, timbro nero : S 482.\p\p