Fuel and water rolls ashore on Peleliu Island. U.S.

Fuel and water rolls ashore on Peleliu Island. U.S. Marines, sailors and Seabees roll barrels of gasoline, water and oil, across a 500-yard (450-meter) reef from the transports to the beach on Peleliu. A disabled amphibious tractor is undergoing repairs at the left. Peleliu and eight other islands in the Palau group of the central Pacific which flanks the southeastern Philippines, 530 miles (848 km.) to the west, were under U.S. control by September 28, although there were still pockets of resistance on Peleliu and Angaur.