Showing posts with label Marine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marine. Show all posts
Wednesday, 21 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - Guadalcanal. Japanese Colonel Ichiki believes only a few Americans defend Henderson Aitfield along the Tenaru River. At 1h30 he sends 100 troops across the Tenaru River, supported by machine guns and mortars, but 2500 Marines mow them down with machine gun- and anti tanks.
Monday, 12 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1945 - In Tokyo, the Japanese government at last accepts the inevitable and surrenders to the Allies unconditionally. President Truman declares that "This is the day we've been waiting for since Pearl Harbor". Emperor Hirohito makes an emotional broadcast to the Japanese nation saying that they had to surrender to keep the country from being destroyed by "a new and most cruel bomb". The surrender is formally made to General MacArthur at a ceremony abroad the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - U.S. 1st Marine Division begins Operation Watchtower, the first U.S. offensive of the war, by landing on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands.
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