Editing Battle of Peleliu (section)

===American order of battle===
'''[[United States Pacific Fleet]]'''<ref>Moran & Rottman 2004, pp. 7–8, 17–18</ref><br />
Admiral [[Chester W. Nimitz]]<br />
[[United States Third Fleet|'''US Third Fleet''']]<br />
Admiral [[William F. Halsey Jr.]]

'''Joint Expeditionary Force''' (Task Force 31)<br />
Vice Admiral [[Theodore S. Wilkinson]]

'''Expeditionary Troops''' (Task Force 36)<br />
'''[[III Amphibious Corps]]'''{{efn|Also included the Army's 81st Infantry Division (assigned to the [[Battle of Angaur|capture of Angaur]]), the 77th Infantry Division, and the 5th Marine Division<ref>Moran & Rottman 2004, p. 18</ref>}}<br />
Major General [[Julian C. Smith]],{{efn|Because the III Amph. Corps was still struggling with the capture of Guam, Marine Corps planning for Stalemate II was assigned to Gen. Smith; operational command for the invasion was turned over to Gen. Geiger.<ref name="Moran & Rottman 2004, p. 24">Moran & Rottman 2004, p. 24</ref>}} USMC

'''Western Landing Force''' (TG 36.1)<br />
Major General [[Roy S. Geiger]], USMC

'''[[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]]'''
* Division Commander: Maj. Gen. [[William H. Rupertus]],{{efn|Rupertus was not at peak effectiveness, having broken an ankle at Guadalcanal during landing practice for Stalemate II, but Smith learned of this too late to make a change in divisional command.<ref name="Moran & Rottman 2004, p. 24">Moran & Rottman 2004, p. 24</ref>}} USMC
* Asst. Division Commander: Brig. Gen. [[Oliver P. Smith]],{{efn|While commanding the 1st Marine Division at the [[Battle of the Chosin Reservoir|Chosin Reservoir]] during the [[Korean War]], Smith announced, "Retreat, hell ... we're just advancing in a different direction."}} USMC
* Chief of Staff: Col. [[John T. Selden]], USMC
'''Beach assignments'''
* ''Left (White 1 & 2)''
** [[1st Marine Regiment (United States)|'''1st Marine Regiment''']] (Col. [[Chesty Puller|Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller]],{{efn|Became the most decorated Marine in the history of the Corps.}} USMC)
** Co. A of the following: [[1st Combat Engineer Battalion|1st Engineer Battalion]], [[1st Combat Engineer Battalion|1st Pioneer Battalion]], [[1st Medical Battalion]], [[1st Tank Battalion]]
* ''Center (Orange 1 & 2)''
** [[5th Marine Regiment (United States)|'''5th Marine Regiment''']] (Col. [[Harold D. Harris|Harold D. "Bucky" Harris]], USMC)
** Co. B of the following: [[1st Combat Engineer Battalion|1st Engineer Battalion]], [[1st Combat Engineer Battalion|1st Pioneer Battalion]], [[1st Medical Battalion]], [[1st Tank Battalion]] (reduced)
* ''Right (Orange 3)''
** [[7th Marine Regiment (United States)|'''7th Marine Regiment''']] (Col. [[Herman H. Hanneken|Herman H. "Hard-Headed" Hanneken]], USMC)
** Co. C of the following: [[1st Combat Engineer Battalion|1st Engineer Battalion]], [[1st Combat Engineer Battalion|1st Pioneer Battalion]], [[1st Medical Battalion]], [[1st Tank Battalion]] (reduced)
* ''Other units''
** [[11th Marine Regiment (United States)|'''11th Marine Regiment''']], Artillery (Col. [[William H. Harrison (USMC)|William H. Harrison]], USMC)
** [[12th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion]]
** [[1st Amphibian Tractor Battalion]]
** 3rd Armored Amphibian Tractor Battalion
** 4th, 5th, 6th Marine War Dog Platoons
** [[Underwater Demolition Teams|UDT 6 and UDT 7]]