Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at peleliu.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Peleliu.
Examples
-
Marines who shared Burgin’s views coined a nickname for Peleliu that summed up their feelings about its ultimate value: “Nothing Atoll.”
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
-
Marines who shared Burgin’s views coined a nickname for Peleliu that summed up their feelings about its ultimate value: “Nothing Atoll.”
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
-
Leyden was in the first wave of Marines about to storm ashore on an obscure speck of an island called Peleliu 600 miles west of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
-
The ever-philosophical Gene Sledge stopped just short of calling Peleliu worse than Okinawa.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
-
The ever-philosophical Gene Sledge stopped just short of calling Peleliu worse than Okinawa.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
-
If it was, he knew it had to be a long way from the hell on earth called Peleliu.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
-
If it was, he knew it had to be a long way from the hell on earth called Peleliu.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
-
Leyden was in the first wave of Marines about to storm ashore on an obscure speck of an island called Peleliu 600 miles west of Mindanao in the Philippines.
Brotherhood of Heroes Bill Sloan 2005
-
Peleliu, that island whose name made me giggle when I was a boy, wasn't an island at all.
-
Peleliu, that island whose name made me giggle when I was a boy, wasn't an island at all.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.