This Month's Honour Roll, History & Events
commemorates those members of my family tree who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, "Their Name Liveth For Evermore".
August 1939-1945
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2John F. Kennedy P.T 109 is rammed▶1943U.S destroyer USS Fiske sunk "by U-804, N of the Azores"▶1944
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4Operation Aphrodite▶1944
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6Enola Gay drops first atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima▶1945
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7U.S. forces invade Guadalcanal▶1942
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8U.S.S.R declares war on Japan▶1945
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9▶1943Bockscar B-29 drops second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki▶1945
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11▶1944British aircraft carrier HMS Eagle sunk "by U-73, W Med"▶1942
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12Mothers Cross, awarded on Hitlers mothers birthday▶1938British corvette HMS Picotee sunk "by U-568 off Iceland"▶1941
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13Manhattan Project▶1942British destroyer HMS Foresight sunk "by aircraft torpedo, C Mediterranean"▶1942
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15Victory in the Pacific▶1945
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17Indonesia declares independence from Japan▶1945
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22British frigate HMS Bickerton sunk "scuttled by a torpedo from HMS Vigilant, Barents Sea, Arctic"▶1944
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23First German air raids on Central London▶1940Battle of Stalingrad▶1942
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25Britain and Poland sign a Mutual Assistance Treaty▶1939Operation Gauntlet▶1941
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31U.S destroyer USS Reuben James sunk "by U-552"▶1941MacArthur takes command Japan gov in Tokyo▶1945
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Legend:
Indicates person's from my family tree, who were Killed in Action.
† Indicates a person of note, who was Killed in Action or Died.