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On D-Day 15 September 1944, five infantry battalions of the 1st Marine Division's 1st, 5th, and 7th Marines, in amphibian tractors (LVTs) lumbered across 600-800 yards of coral reef fringing smoking, reportedly smashed Peleliu in the Palau Island group and toward five selected landing beaches.
Captain Andrew "Ack Ack" Haldane was the commanding officer of King Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines AKA K/3/5 at the time of the Battle of Peleliu. Ack Ack was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on Aug. 22, 1917, the son of Scottish immigrants Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Haldane.
3rd Battalion, 5th Marines (3/5, nicknamed Dark Horse) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps. The battalion is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and consists of approximately 1,000 Marines and Fleet Marine Force Navy personnel.
Andrew Allison Haldane (August 22, 1917 – October 12, 1944) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps in the Pacific theatre during World War II. He was killed in action during the Battle of Peleliu .
Fortunately, it was not as close as the Point position, and did not inflict such heavy damage. Nevertheless, its enfilading fire, together with some natural obstructions on the beach caused Company K, 3/7, to land left of its planned landing beach, onto the right half of beach Orange 2, 3/5's beach.
The most serious attack came against the Company K, 3/1, position on the Point, at the 1st Marines' left. In the south, the 7th Marines experienced significant night attacks from the Japanese battalion opposing it.
20 wrz 2014 · During seven months in Sangin, the 3/5 Marines lost 25 killed in action and more than 200 wounded, mostly in the first two months — the heaviest casualties of any battalion during the war...
