Ambassador Armbruster joined hundreds of Kwajalein Atoll residents on Ebeye Island to mark the 69^thanniversary of the liberation of Kwajalein Atoll from the Japanese in World War Two. The ceremony included US Army-Garrison Kwajalein Atoll officers, Ebeye Mayor Lemari, and Minister for Assistance Tony DeBrum who delivered the keynote address and said that the US-Marshall Islands partnership is “permanent.” Sixty nine years ago some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific campaign took place on Kwajalein Atoll.  Here is a link to Ambassador Armbruster’s speech.

By U.S. Embassy Marshall Islands | 9 February, 2013 | Topics: News