Marine Experiences in the

Pacific in WWII

Major Marine Battles in the Pacific

Battle of Guadalcanal

Battle of Cape Gloucester

Battles of Peleliu

Iwo Jima

Okinawa

BATTLE OF GUADALCANAL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQKJY43-LmE

1st Marine Division,

774 killed, 1,962

wounded.

2nd Marine Division,

268 killed, 932

wounded.

Battle of Guadalcanal Statistics/ History

Landed August 7th, 1942.

If Japan controlled the island, it would cut sea trades from American to Australia.

American amphibious force was considered the most powerful force assembled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRKLyC5-FyI

Battle of Cape Gloucester

Battle of Cape Gloucester Statistics

324 Marines K.I.A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4JI6MyoIXk

Battles of Peleliu

6,526 casualties, 1,252 K.I.A, missing , died from

wounds.

Battles of Peleliu Statistics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x57gi6GXj1k

Iwo Jima

3,255 American soldiers killed or wounded, the majority of them

being Marines

20,530 to 21,060 Japanese soldiers killed, the total amount of

causalities was more then 46,000 soldiers in a matter of 36 days

Iwo Jima Statistics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXvtDi9a1Oc

Okinawa

More then 8,000 marines killed

38,000 American troops wounded

107,000 Japanese and Okinawan conscripts killed,

the bulk of 100,000 Okinawan civilians

Okinawa Statistics