1. The Palau Islands.
2. The Pacific theater of operations, 1944.
3. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
4. General Douglas MacArthur.
5. Strategic conference in Hawaii, evening, July 26, 1944.
6. Planned invasion of Peleliu.
7. Major General Roy Geiger.
8. Major General William Rupertus.
9. First Marine Division chain of command for Peleliu.
10. Colonel Lewis “Chesty” Puller.
11. Colonel Herman “Hard-Headed” Hanneken.
12. Colonel Harold “Bucky” Harris.
13. General Oliver Prince (“O. P.”) Smith.
14. Naval order of battle for the Peleliu campaign.
15. Sea of mud.
16. Admiral William “Bull” Halsey Jr.
17. Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf.
18. Naval gunfire support in action.
19. D-Day, on Peleliu, September 15, 1944, looking north-northeast.
20. D-Day, approaching the shore.
21. D-Day, Beach White-2.
22. D-Day, Beach Orange-1.
23. Japanese coral pillbox.
24. The struggle for The Point.
25. Voice call log of the USS Honolulu, afternoon of D-Day.
26. Counterattack repulsed.
27. Marine tanks advancing on the airfield, D-Day.
28. Beachhead buildup.
29. The Marines struggle inland: September 16 through 30.
30. Wounded Marine.
32. The Umurbrogol Pocket.
33. General Paul Mueller.
34. Aerial recon photo of Peleliu.
35. Estimated ship shell expenditures at Peleliu.
36. Estimated total preliminary bombardment expenditures at Peleliu.
37. The SR-536 walkie-talkie.
38. An LST loaded with supplies.
39. The T20 shoulder-fired mortar.