Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010
Audio Clip: 02.19.1945 – Live Coverage Of U.S. Marines Landing On Iwo Jima
WWII History - 02.19.1945 Live Coverage Of US Marines Landing On Iwo Jima [4:49m]:
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“The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy [...]
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Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010
On 02.19.1945 at 0905 hrs, the first of 30,000 US Marines land on Iwo Jima.
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Audio Clip: Arthur Prim Reports the First Strikes on Iwo Jima
WWII History - 02.19.1945 Arthur Prim Reports the First Strikes on Iwo Jima [1:11m]:
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Amphibious Tractors landing on Iwo Jima Feb 1945
Iwo Jima, which means Sulfur Island, was strategically important as an air base for fighter escorts supporting long-range bombing [...]
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Steven Terjeson | February 19, 2010
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World War II History for February 19
Audio Clip: 02.18.1943 Soong Mei-Ling Appeals to Congress to Aid Chinese Nationalists
WWII History - 02.18.1943 Soong Mei-Ling Appeals to Congress to Aid Chinese Nationalists [3:42m]:
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02.19.1932 – The Sino-Japanese dispute was referred to the Assembly by the League of Nations Council.
02.19.1937 – An attempt was made in Addis Ababa to assassinate the Italian viceroy of Ethiopia, General Rodolfo Graziani. Though [...]
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Steven Terjeson | August 27, 2009
Audio Clip: 1939-08-27 CBS HV Kaltenborn Reports On The Eve Of War in Europe
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World War II History for August 27
1939 – Nazi Germany demanded the Polish corridor and Danzig.
1941 – Japanese prime minister requests a summit meeting with FDR in hopes of preventing their campaign in China from escalating into a world [...]
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Steven Terjeson | August 19, 2009
Sink the Bismark: 1941-05-31 BBC First Sea Lord A V Alexander On Sinking Of Bismark
World War II History - BBC Sinking of the Bismark - 05-31-1941 [0:43m]:
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Steven Terjeson | August 17, 2009
August 17, 1943, U.S. Gen George S. Patton & 7th Army arrive in Messina, Sicily, hrs before “Monte”, Audio Clip, Photo, & More…
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Steven Terjeson | August 3, 2009
1945-Truman on Japanese Rejection of US Ultimatum 1940-Italy began its occupation in East Africa 1943-Patton verbally abused and slapped a private.
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Steven Terjeson | July 21, 2009
Wendell Willkie Calls For End Of US Isolationism. Image: Wendell Willkie Campaign Poster
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Steven Terjeson | July 20, 2009
Audio Clip: 1944-07-21 RRG Adolf Hitler – On July 20th Assassination Attempt
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World War II History for July 20
1942 – The first detachment of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, (WACS) began basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
1942 – An Act of Congress (Public Law 671 – 77th Congress, Chapter 508, 2d Session) [...]
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Steven Terjeson | July 14, 2009
You Do Your Worst — And We Will Do Our Best (+ Audio)
A tonic for today by Winston Churchill – Speech – House of Commons, July 14, 1941
The impressive and inspiring spectacle we have witnessed displays the vigour and efficiency of the civil defence forces. They have grown up in the stress of emergency. They [...]
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