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Marines Take Cover Behind “The Bloody Trail”

U.S. Marines use a disabled LVT amphibious vehicle for protection from Japanese machine-gun and mortar fire. Someone has painted the fitting name “The Bloody Trail” across the wrecked vehicle as Marines take cover behind its steel hull.

Peleliu — September 16, 1944