History

January 

"THIS MONTH IN MILITARY HISTORY"

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

http://www.un.org/aboutun/history.htm     The name "United Nations", coined by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was first used in the "Declaration by United Nations" of 1 January 1942, during the Second World War, when representatives of 26 nations pledged their Governments to continue fighting together against the Axis Powers.

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/anzio/72-19.htm  

January 22, 1944 - Allied forces land at Anzio, Italy

http://www.feri.org/index.htm    January 20, 1945 - "4th and Final" - Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in for an unprecedented fourth term as president.

Vietnam Peace Pacts signed   January 27, 1973  - Vietnam Peace Pacts Signed; America's Longest War Halts.

http://members.tripod.com/~kuwaitq8/gulfwar.html    At dawn on January 17, 1991, Operation Desert Storm was launched when warplanes of the international coalition took off towards precisely defined targets in Kuwait and Iraq. 

From:  www.Veteransinfo.net

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