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200 mm artillery emplacement, 2004. (Photo © Patrick Finelli)

Radar Hill. (Photo © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Administration Building (center left), 1944. (Photo Courtesy Gabe Ineichen)

Flying back from Peleliu airfield over the Umurbrogol and Beaches, heading for Ngedebus and Koror over the Rock Islands. (Photo © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Japanese Type 95 HA-Go light tank. (Photo © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Japanese Type 95 HA-Go light tank. (Photo © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

200 mm artillery, 1944. (Photo Courtesy Gabe Ineichen)

Proximity of propeller to engine (l) and close-up of engine (r). (Photos © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Propeller (l) and engine (r). (Photos © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Proximity of propeller to engine (l) and close-up of engine (r). (Photos © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Avenger debris at a lower elevation on Pope Hill. (Photos © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Propeller (l) and engine (r). (Photos © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Beach, 1944. (Photo Courtesy Gabe Ineichen)

White Beach from The Point, looking SE. (Photo © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

Bloody Nose Ridge, 1944. (Photo Courtesy Gabe Ineichen)

Cave hidden in the Umurbrogol Mtns. (Photo © 2004 Patrick Finelli)

D-Day +2, 1944. (Photo Courtesy Gabe Ineichen)

Entering the thousand-man cave. (Photo by Tangie Hesus)

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