Crossword-Solution: PELELIU
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| Marine-conquered Caroline base. | 1 answer |
| Pacific island of Palau chain. | 1 answer |
| Palau Islands beachhead. | 1 answer |
| PALAU Islands, island of the | 4 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an
animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal
fin of a fish; the dorsal artery of the tongue; -- opposed to ventral.
Hint 2 anagram
LRAODS
Hint 3 another clue
BACK ___!
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Sentences with PELELIU (3)
Pierre was a Marine captain, invalided home after being wounded on Peleliu; he writes science-fiction for the pulps.
Stuart, Div of Plans and Policies, for CMC, 14 Feb 46, sub: Ltr of Inst #421 Revocation of, AO-1, copy in Ref Br, Hist Div, HQMC.] [Illustration: MEDICAL ATTENDANTS AT REST, PELELIU, OCTOBER, 1944.] The Division of Plans and Policies tried to follow these strictures as it set about organizing the new black units.
Those trained for the humdrum labor tasks, however, found themselves in the thick of the fighting on Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, and elsewhere, suffering combat casualties and winning combat citations for their units.
Quotes with PELELIU (3)
To the non-combatants and those on the periphery of action, the war meant only boredom or occasional excitement, but to those who entered the meat grinder itself the war was a netherworld of horror from which escape seemed less and less likely as casualties mounted and the fighting dragged on and on. Time had no meaning, life had no meaning. The fierce struggle for survival in the abyss of Peleliu had eroded the veneer of civilization and made savages of us all.
I asked God "Why, why, why?" I turned my face away and wished that I were imagining it all. I had tasted the bitterest essence of war, the sight of helpless comrades being slaughtered, and it filled me with disgust.” ― Eugene B. Sledge, With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
Something in me died at Peleliu. Perhaps it was the childish innocence that accepted as faith the claim that Man is basically good. Possibly I lost faith that politicians in high places, who do not have to endure war's savagery, will ever stop blundering and sending others to endure it.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1945–1956).