On September 15th, 1944, the U.S. 1st Marine Division landed on the island of Peleliu, expecting a short, brutal assault to ...

Before the invasion of Peleliu, Allied commanders believed capturing the island would protect their advance toward the ...

Engineers are refurbishing 80-year-old airstrips on the islands of Tinian and Peleliu as a strategic rivalry in the ...

Courage is never a guarantee of success; it is an act of vulnerability in the face of uncertainty," Michael Chancellor says.

The amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu is scheduled to leave San Diego Tuesday for a multinational naval exercise and deployment to the Western Pacific and Indian oceans. Peleliu and its crew of ...

Vanessa Raulston said she and Abigail, her 2-year-old, had a picture of her sailor husband next to the bed, and talked to it every night. Starting Christmas Eve, it’ll be the real thing. Just in time ...

Three U.S. Navy warships and an expeditionary force of Camp Pendleton-based Marines trained to extract Americans who get caught up in mob violence overseas departed Monday for a seven-month deployment ...

On July 4th, U-T San Diego will publish a special section that focuses on the long, large and evolving presence of the Navy in San Diego. The package will include a story about the amphibious assault ...

The amphibious assault ship Peleliu will return to San Diego on Wednesday, delivering its crew home in time for Christmas and completing its final tour. After 34 years of service, the big-deck ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Three U.S. Navy warships and an expeditionary force of Camp Pendleton-based Marines trained to extract Americans who get caught up in mob violence overseas departed Monday for a ...

The USS Peleliu begins its participation in RIMPAC later this week. But before the ship arrives in Hawaii for the multinational naval exercises, the Peleliu crew conducted burials at sea to honor 22 ...