{"id":1629,"date":"2015-02-01T15:37:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T22:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2015-03-03T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-03T18:17:45","slug":"february-1945-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garyglynn.com\/wordpress\/february-1945-montana\/","title":{"rendered":"February 1945 in Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 1945<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 4 \u2013 A waste paper drive in Missoula yielded 50,000 pounds.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 11 \u2013 President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at Yalta and signed an agreement splitting Europe into occupation zones.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 12 \u2013 Four children, aged 6 months, 3, 4, and 13 died in a fire on the Fort Belknap Reservation. The mother and other children survived.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 13 \u2013 Budapest was occupied by the Soviets.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 16 \u2013 U.S. carrier planes attacked Iwo Jima with napalm. American paratroopers landed on Corregidor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 18 \u2013 The Third Army breached the Siegfried line.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 19 \u2013 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima. Fred T. Daylis was appointed the acting principal of Billings Senior High.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 21 \u2013 A B-24 from the Spokane Air Base crashed 35 miles southwest of Philipsburg en route to Great Falls. The pilot and copilot died but one crew member parachuted to safety. Donald Ruhl threw himself on a grenade on Iwo Jima, saving 2 other men. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 23 \u2013 U.S. Marine Louis Charlo<\/a> helped raise the first American flag on top of Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 February 25 \u2013 A house fire killed a man in Great Falls.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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