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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:19:25 PM

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I think another 50 yards into the jungle from the tank is some aircraft wreckage.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:20:31 PM

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don't know if this is a crash or more likely a dump. Someone should know what this cowling belonged to.

edit: I wonder if this is from a TBF or a TBM-1C?

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:21:17 PM

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I think a F4U wing.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:21:47 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:22:18 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:22:42 PM

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Inside wing machine gun bay.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:24:00 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:24:40 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:29:04 PM

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lots of junk

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:58:52 PM

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A longer ride to the Southern part of the Island near the Ngerewal Picnic Area. The small bay to the right is called Scarlet Beach. Here we find what is called a German style bunker.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 5:59:34 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:00:06 PM

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many rooms inside

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:00:44 PM

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You can see the hardware that held the steel door that they could move and cover the port..

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:01:26 PM

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firing port

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:01:54 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:03:55 PM

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Looking up, a top turret?

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:07:14 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:08:33 PM

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The jungle growth and the bunker's size prevented seeing all of it from the outside.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:09:14 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:10:10 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:14:46 PM

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view of firing ports. You can almost see the water through the jungle.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:20:48 PM

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Within a couple of yards of the bunker. A Type 94 AT Gun?

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:21:40 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:22:21 PM

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/30/2018 6:24:57 PM

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Scarlet beach. Not invaded.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/31/2018 5:51:31 AM

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I think a F4U wing.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 1/31/2018 6:14:53 AM

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Good guess though it will be a bit hard to pick the manufacturer Grumman (TBF-1C) or General Motors (TBM-1C) from this photo as they were practically identical. It definitely isn't a TBM-3 with double cowl intakes.

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don't know if this is a crash or more likely a dump. Someone should know what this cowling belonged to.

edit: I wonder if this is from a TBF or a TBM-1C?

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 2/1/2018 7:06:55 PM

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Thank you so much for these pics. When I have visited battlefields, like Gettysburg and Antietam, I am always humbled and moved by the fact that so many people gave their lives in this place where I am now walking. There is a sense in the air that you can feel but not describe. I get something of the same sense by looking at these pictures and recalling what I have read of this battle. So, thank you again for sharing.

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RE: Trip to Palau and Peleliu - 2/2/2018 2:26:40 AM

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I couldn't of said it better. I guess that is the feeling I had. Same feeling when I visited Guadalcanal and Normandy.

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When I have visited battlefields, like Gettysburg and Antietam, I am always humbled and moved by the fact that so many people gave their lives in this place where I am now walking. There is a sense in the air that you can feel but not describe.

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