![During one of many close quarters engagements in the dense jungle of Peleliu, Marines hurl molotov cocktails towards enemy positions along a bitterly contested elevation nicknamed “Suicide Ridge.”](https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/W-Peleliu-3-HT-May05-760x603.jpg)
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By Christopher MiskimonEmilio Magliacane, a second-generation Italian from Boston, joined the Marine Corps in 1942. After training he went to the Pacific, assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st marine Division. Read more