0908150979M-001 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 15, 2009) Eleven World War II veterans of the battle of Peleliu reunite for a ceremony in the hangar bay of the battle's namesake ship, the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA 5) in San Diego. Members of the 12th Defense Battalion held their 56th reunion aboard the ship with more than 400 friends, family members, Sailors and Marines in attendance. Navy

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