During a Veterans Day Ceremony on Peleliu Island, a Seabee assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion Seven Four (NMCB-74) Civil Action Team (CAT) 74-01, shows his respect at the Bloody Nose Ridge Marine Memorial. The ferocious Battle of Peleliu, which began Sept. 15, 1944, lasted more than two months and cost the Marines over 12,000 lives, a combat casualty rate of nearly 40 percent, the highest for any U.S. assault during World War II. U.S. Navy photo by Equipment Operator 2nd Class Lisa Kimak.