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Marine Bill Leyden Watches the Bombardment of Peleliu
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Private First Class Bill Leyden of the 5th Marine Regiment watches the bombardment of Peleliu before going ashore to fight the Japanese with the rest of the 1st Marine, the Old Breed, in September 1944. Listen to The War Office Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel for more in-depth history podcast episodes. New episodes will be released every Tuesday morning. If you enjoy the episodes, please help us grow the podcast by subscribing, liking, sharing, commenting, and listening to future releases.
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Private first class, Bill Layden of the
5th Marine Regiment records watching the
bombardment with wishful thinking.
I didn't see how the hell anything could
live through that kind of punishment.
I told myself that maybe all the Japs
would already be dead by the time we
went ashore.
It looks like the whole island was on
fire.