Northwest of the airstrip, two sturdy-looking US tanks rust in union on a grassy patch of land near a dirt track. Both are LVTs – Landing Vehicle Tractors – that were used to carry US Marines from ship to shore when the US invasion forces landed on Japanese-controlled Peleliu in September 1944. One tank is equipped with a 75mm gun.
![WWII American Tanks, Peleliu Island, Palau](https://lp-cms-production.imgix.net/2019-06/5c855ffb427554a0d74733826f374b4c-american-tanks.jpg?w=1920&h=640&fit=crop&crop=faces%2Cedges&auto=format&q=75)