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Capture of Peleliu

 * USMC_III_Phib_Corps_Large.png III Marine Amphibious Corps
 * Major General Roy S. Geiger


 * US 1st Marine Division SSI.svg 1st Marine Division
 * Major General William H. Rupertus
 * Asst. Div. Cmdr.: Brig. Gen. Lemuel C. Shepherd (to 11 Apr), Brig. Gen. Oliver P. Smith
 * Chief of Staff: Col. Amor L. Sims (to 3 Feb), Col. Oliver P. Smith (to 29 Feb), Col. John T. Selden
 * CO HQ Battalion: Col. Joseph F. Hankins (KIA 3 Oct), Lt. Col. Austin C. Shofner
 * Personnel officer (G-1): Maj. William E. Benedict (to 23 Sep), Lt. Col. Harold O. Deakin
 * Intelligence officer (G-2): Lt. Col. John W. Scott Jr.
 * Operations officer (G-3): Lt. Col. Lewis J. Fields
 * Logistics officer (G-4): Lt. Col. Harvey C. Tschirgi


 * sector 
 * 1st_Marine_Regiment_Logo.png 1st Marine Regiment
 * Colonel Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller
 * Exec. Ofc.: Lt. Col. Richard P. Ross Jr.
 * 1st Battalion (Maj. Raymond G. Davis)
 * 2nd Battalion (Lt. Col. Russell E. Honsowetz)
 * 3rd Battalion (Lt. Col. Stephen V. Sabol)
 * Co. A of the following:
 * 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Tank Battalion


 *  sector
 * 5th_Marine_Regiment_Logo.jpg 5th Marine Regiment
 * Colonel Harold D. "Bucky" Harris
 * Exec. Ofc.: Lt. Col. Lewis W. Walt
 * 1st Battalion (Lt. Col. Robert W. Boyd)
 * 2nd Battalion (Maj. Gordon D. Gayle)
 * 3rd Battalion (Lt. Col. Austin C. Shofner (to 15 Sep), Maj. John C. Gustafson)
 * Co. B of the following:
 * 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Tank Battalion (reduced)


 * sector 
 * USMC_-_7th_Marine_Regiment_New_Logo.png 7th Marine Regiment
 * Colonel Herman H. "Hard-Headed" Hanneken
 * Exec. Ofc.: Lt. Col. Norman Hussa
 * 1st Battalion (Lt. Col. John J. Gormley)
 * 2nd Battalion (Lt. Col. Spenser S. Berger)
 * 3rd Battalion (Maj. Edward H. Hurst)
 * Co. C of the following:
 * 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Pioneer Battalion, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Tank Battalion (reduced)


 * Landed after First Waves on D-Day
 * Cannoncockers11thMarReg.jpg 11th Marine Regiment (Artillery)
 * Colonel William H. Harrison
 * Exec. Ofc.: Lt. Col. Edison L. Lyman
 * 1st Battalion (Lt. Col. Richard W. Wallace)
 * 2nd Battalion (Lt. Col. Noah P. Wood, Jr.)
 * 3rd Battalion (Lt. Col. Charles M. Nees)
 * 4th Battalion (Lt. Col. Louie C.Reinberg)


 * Other units
 * 12th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
 * 1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion
 * 3rd Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion
 * 4th, 5th, 6th Marine War Dog Platoons
 * UDT 6 and UDT 7