80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima

What Proclamation 2025-03162 says

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 36 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 25, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 10683-10684] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-03162] [[Page 10681]] Vol. 90 Tuesday, No. 36 February 25, 2025 Part II The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Proclamation 10898--80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 36 / Tuesday, February 25, 2025 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 10683]] Proclamation 10898 of February 19, 2025 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation On the morning of February 19, 1945, the first wave of United States Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima--commencing 36 long, perilous days of gruesome warfare, and one of the most consequential campaigns of the Second World War. With ruthless fervor, the Japanese struck our forces with mortars, heavy artillery, and a steady barrage of small arms fire, but they could not shake the spirit of the Marines, and American forces did not retreat. Five days into the conflict, six Marines ascended the island's highest peak and...

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