Ridley's Believe It Or Not--This Day in History-February 19,
2014 Iwo Jima Day: Hope you have time to
watch coverage of the Winter Olympics and after the excitement of curling
petition the IOC to add tug of war to the Summer Olympics (see below). As you
root for Team U.S.A. against the Czechs today in hockey, hope you enjoy the
factoids and quote for the day:
1. International Tug Of War Association
Week--held this week in Castlemar, County Mayo,
Ireland; sadly do not think NBC will break from Sochi coverage to bring it live
to the millions of viewers dying for the excitement of the sport.
2. Iwo Jima Day--honoring the sacrifices of the Marines who landed on that
miserable piece of volcanic rock on February 19, 1945 and in taking it suffered
over 24,000 casualties, 6,113 of whom were killed, costliest battle in the Marine Corps history.
3. National Chocolate Mint Day--another
fattening holiday brought to you by the NCA and most likely on the caloric
nanny police target list.
On this day in:
a. 1913 the first prize was inserted in a Cracker
Jack box.b. 1942 in one of our less stellar moments of history, FDR signed an executive order relocating all Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast. As President Obama touts his ability to use his pen hope he does not try to emulate FDR but using Tea Party members as targets and rather look to President Gerald Ford who by Proclamation 4417 rescinded FDR's action in 1976.
c. 1953 Georgia became the first state to establish a literature board for censorship purposes.
Victory against this nation's foes is never cheap. “Victory was never in doubt. Its cost was...What was in doubt, in all our minds, was whether there would be any of us left to dedicate our cemetery at the end, or whether the last Marine would die knocking out the last Japanese gun and gunner.”Maj.Gen Graves B, Erskine, commanding general 3rd Marine Division.
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©February 19, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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