History

February  

"This month of Military History"

Click above for the current monthly update from the desk of Bob Hogan, Veterans Agent for the Town of Burlington

Click here  for "America's Battle"  

A Speech by James J. Bradley
The 55th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima
Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Virginia, 20 February 2000
Transcription courtesy of USMC

Military.Com

Capture of Eniwetok Atoll, in the Marshall Islands

http://www.microworks.net/pacific/bases/btnb_online/eniwetok.htm

With the capture of Eniwetok Atoll on February 20, 1944, control of the Marshall Islands, which had been in Japanese hands since 1914, passed to the United States. 

Yalta Conference Meeting February 4-11, 1945

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/14063.html

Yalta, Crimea, USSR - Conference involving British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. Most of the important decisions made remained secret until the end of World War II for military or political reasons.  

Text of Yalta Conference Agreements

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/wwii/yalta.htm

D-Day - February 19, 1945

http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq87-3l.htm

Click on above for a Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima Flag Raising history told through recollections of Pharmacist Mate, Second Class, John H. Bradley, USN, with the 5th Marine Division.

Iwo Jima - Original Flag Pictures

Click on above for original pictures and brief text on Iwo Jima Flag Raising on Mt. Suribachi.

http://www.webtravels.com/iwojima/   - Iwo Jima Memorial, Newington, Connecticut.  

http://www.pierce-evans.org/iwojima.htm - Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington, Virginia

From:  www.Veteransinfo.net

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