The Wildcat (incl. Pictorial Supplement) - Newsletter of the 81st Infantry Division

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Pictorial Supplement 00001a Equator Peleliu The Pocket Shellback 1944 (see k1)
Pictorial Supplement 00001b 1944 Angaur Peleliu Dead Mans Curve Polliwog equator (see k2)

Pictorial Supplement a1 Angaur Infantry Souvenir Tank Ammo Gun
Pictorial Supplement a2 Break Field Hospital Col. Venable thirsty horse Mortar platoon supplies Red Beach Angaur

Pictorial Supplement b1 Radio contact Machine Gun crew arch bath sentry tank lunch
Pictorial Supplement b2 Tanks Mortar fire Gen. Mueller Supply Dump Angaur crank field telephone CP satchel charge bayonet dummy

Pictorial Supplement c1 Planning Doughboys tanks blood plasma flame thrower crew Admiral Halsey Gen. Mueller 1944 Angaur
Pictorial Supplement c2 Ulithi Native Village amphibious landing ashore supplies radioman canteens evacuating wounded by jeep

Pictorial Supplement d1 Angaur Peleliu October 1944 Hospital Street Angaur Bowl Christmas Night Black Beach setting up camp Peleliu
Pictorial Supplement d2 1944 Peleliu dentist Angaur wounded Kayangel Islands native council house Bulldozer Wildcat Bowl Angaur

Pictorial Supplement e1 Peleliu Terrain anti-tank wall China Wall Fifth Brother Death Valley Wildcat Bowl Walt Ridge Grinlinton Pond
Pictorial Supplement e2 China Wall Five Brothers Engineer's Ramp Old Baldy Wildcat Bowl

Pictorial Supplement f1 1944 Peleliu Waterpoint Troops in Formation Coral Pit Angaur civilian cemetery Artillery Duds
Pictorial Supplement f2 Peleliu Beer Line Angaur sniper caves Peleliu Artillery Engineer camp armoured dozers

Pictorial Supplement g1 1944 ferryboat down Sacramento River Hawaii Oahu Convoy goodbye Frisco Jam Session troop ship Hula Dancer Fourth of July Best Damn Soldiers In The World
Pictorial Supplement g2 1944 Tuffy troopship Angaur Hillman Pressel battle flags Hula Oahu Doughnuts and coffee Red Cross Canteen Feb. 1945 NEW CALEDONIA

Pictorial Supplement h1 1944 Angaur Antics Can-Can Wildcat Performers W. Miller crooner Oct 1945 (no, 1944) Feb 1945 New Caledonia Red Cross Canteen Gen. Bell Gen. Beasley Gen. Mueller Lt. Col. LaPage Lt. Col. Kessler Maj. Rhone Capt. Lynch Maj. Giacalone Maj. Beattie Mr. Cavanaugh Evening Mess Decoration Ceremony Hand to hand combat training
Pictorial Supplement h2 1945 Feb. Jungle Training New Caledonia Maj. Gen Paul J. Mueller Col. Rodgers unit review Col. Short presents Combat Infantryman's Badges fish caught by Mueller

Pictorial Supplement j1 1944 Dec. Kayangel village landing craft natives Palaus loading men and supplies into landing craft Angaur Middle Village Sept. 1944
Pictorial Supplement j2 1944 Dec. Angaur chapel Peleliu Cemetery Monument Old Baldy Big Valley Peleliu Airport Angaur Black Beach

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Pictorial Supplement k1 1944 Navy assault Angaur beaches Peleliu Dead Man's Curve Landing Net Equator Polliwog "Purification" Angaur native shelter
Pictorial Supplement k2 Equator Shellback Ceremonies Palaus Royal Dentist works on Gen. Bell Peleliu terrain: The Pocket, Walt Ridge, East Valley, waterhole, Five Brothers, Big Valley, China Wall, Death Valley, Old Baldy, The Sisters

Pictorial Supplement l1 Angaur Middle Village Blue Beach Field Mass Bombproof shelter Peleliu China Wall
Pictorial Supplement l2 troopship artillery Wildcat Bowl Peleliu swamp causeway underground enemy stations Walt Ridge

Pictorial Supplement m1 Peleliu Battlefield Tour Dec 1944 Radar Hill East Valley Grinlinton Pond Old Baldy Walt Ridge China Wall Death Valley Wildcat Bowl Hill 140 Pack Howitzer
Pictorial Supplement m2 1944 Peleliu Christmas Walt Ridge East Valley Purple Beach Shredded vegetation Angaur Kayangel

Pictorial Supplement n1 Enemy positions Angaur Chapel Shrine Lantern Peleliu Cinema
Pictorial Supplement n2 Peleliu Coral Fissures Engineer's beach resort Angaur boulevard Ngeregong Island Cub Airdrome

Pictorial Supplement p1 Kayangel Island Navy Army Baseball Diamond action Peleliu Brothers Ridge Angaur Island Pali Pass
Pictorial Supplement p2 Battle flag Angaur Blue Beach Chapel roof

Pictorial Supplement q1 1944 Peleliu memorium Sept. 17 Nov. 27 cemetery shrine troop review
Pictorial Supplement q2 Angaur Gen Mueller cemetery final salute

Pictorial Supplement r1 1944 Angaur Island Middle Village Chapel Midnight Mass Christmas Eve Natives return given food water Peleliu Bloody Nose Ridge Hill 140
Pictorial Supplement r2 Peleliu Five Brothers napalm Death Valley Bloody Nose Ridge Angaur lighthouse

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