A sign warns visitors to beware of live ordnance scattered across the island. Stefan Robert WeißenbornPacific Battlefield Tourism: A Dream Island Littered with Deadly Relics -- Spiegel Online
World War II ravaged the tiny island of Peleliu in 1944 as US and Japanese forces clashed in one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific campaign. Rusting tanks, wrecked aircraft and live shells strewn across the island continue to attract battlefield tourists to this beautiful but dangerous place.
Visitors to the Pacific island of Peleliu can't claim they weren't warned. The sign at the harbour says "Welcome to Peleliu -- Land of Enchantment," but as the boat approaches the quay, a second sign becomes visible. "Remember that WWII ordnance is still dangerous and can injure or kill!"
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My Comment: I have been to Stalingrad (my father fought there), the outskirts of Moscow where the Germans were stopped in World War II (not far from my mother's home town), Normandy, and Hiroshima. But Peleliu .... you have to have a family connection or be a devoted World War II buff who would want to go there.
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