82 years ago today, Lt. Jack Montgomery of the 45th Infantry Division single-handedly stormed 3 enemy machine-gun positions near Padiglione, Italy, killing/neutralizing the enemy & capturing many. 🪖

He would receive the Medal of Honor. 🇺🇸

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In 1945, a wounded soldier of the 10th Mountain Division aid from medical personnel in a small Italian village. 🪖

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February 16, 1944 began the Battle of Eniwetok. Its capture would provide an airfield and harbor to support further attacks in the Pacific.🪖

The atoll was declared secure 82 years ago today. Over 300 Americans were killed in the battle with Japanese deaths over 3,300. 🇺🇸

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In February of 1945, a squad from the 94th Infantry Division occupy a destroyed house at an ambush point on Munzingen Ridge in Germany. 🪖

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In 1943, Staff Sgt. Frank Lusic stands next to the B-17 "Meat Hound" at his base in England. ✈️

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Today in 1797, 1,400 French troops land at Fishguard, Wales. Remembered as the last invasion of Great Britain by a foreign army, the operation grinds to a halt as the rowdy conscripts clash with local militia and then melt away to plunder a local stockpile of imported wine.

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The men from the first flag-raising, 81 years ago today 🇺🇸

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The first and second flag raised on Iwo Jima together at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. 🇺🇸

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"The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years." 🇺🇸

- James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy ⚓️

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Moments after the 2nd flag raising on Iwo Jima, 81 years ago today. 🇺🇸

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81 years ago today, Hershel “Woody” Williams of the 3rd Marine Division would earn the Medal of Honor on Iwo Jima with his flame thrower. 🪖

He was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II passing away in July of 2022. 🇺🇸

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81 years ago today, Marines celebrate the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima. 🇺🇸

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82 years ago today, Americans fire their heavy 81mm mortar at Japanese positions across the Tsinamutu River on Bougainville. 🪖

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In February of 1945, the USS Texas is underway off the Island of Iwo Jima where she would fire 923 rounds from her main battery between Feb. 18 and March 7. ⚓️

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81 years ago today, an M4A3 (76) 'Sherman' of the 771st Tank Battalion after fighting in ruins of the German town of Linnich. 🪖

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1st Sgt. Leonard Funk Jr. of the 82nd Airborne Division…one of the most decorated paratroopers of WW2.

-Medal of Honor 🇺🇸
-Distinguished Service Cross 🪂
-Silver Star 🪖
-Bronze Star 🎖️
-3 Purple Hearts 💜

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81 years ago today, Pfc. Morton Fernberg of the 8th Infantry Division takes shelter from an artillery barrage in Duren, Germany. 🪖

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In Margraten, Netherlands, there is a 65-acre cemetery with 8,301 graves of American soldiers who died liberating the Netherlands.🪖

Each of the American graves is adopted by a local family as their own. Currently, there is a 300-person waiting list to adopt one. 🇳🇱🇺🇸

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81 years ago today, two Marines look out over Iwo Jima from atop Mt. Suribachi, where two days prior, the US flag was raised. 🇺🇸

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There were 8 future Presidents who served during World War II 🇺🇸

George H.W. Bush (Navy)
Ronald Reagan (Army Air Force)
Jimmy Carter (Navy)
Gerald Ford (Navy)
Richard Nixon (Navy)
John F. Kennedy (Navy)
Lyndon B. Johnson (Navy)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Army)

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Marines quickly haul an ammunition cart onto the beach at Iwo Jima. 🪖

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