Dark Seas | The Warship That Survived Pearl Harbor and Unleashed Overwhelming Revenge @DarkDocsSeas | Uploaded August 2023 | Updated October 2024, 22 hours ago.
The Marines and the Army's Wildcats were ready to storm the beaches of Peleliu and Angaur and take the fight to the entrenched Japanese forces. Nevertheless, they had to wait for almost a week before disembarking.
All they could do was contemplate how the mighty Tennessee-class battleship, with her impressive battery of twelve 14-inch Mark IV guns, flattened the islands barrage after barrage.
The Navy had been pummeling them for over four days clearing bunkers, tunnels, mines, and any Japanese defenses. Tennessee roared without mercy, striking her objectives with pinpoint accuracy.
Most of the young men thought there was not a single Japanese left on the island when they were ordered to prepare for combat on September 17, 1944. But they were wrong. The enemy was awaiting them deep in the jungle.
The Marines and the Army's Wildcats were ready to storm the beaches of Peleliu and Angaur and take the fight to the entrenched Japanese forces. Nevertheless, they had to wait for almost a week before disembarking.
All they could do was contemplate how the mighty Tennessee-class battleship, with her impressive battery of twelve 14-inch Mark IV guns, flattened the islands barrage after barrage.
The Navy had been pummeling them for over four days clearing bunkers, tunnels, mines, and any Japanese defenses. Tennessee roared without mercy, striking her objectives with pinpoint accuracy.
Most of the young men thought there was not a single Japanese left on the island when they were ordered to prepare for combat on September 17, 1944. But they were wrong. The enemy was awaiting them deep in the jungle.
