News of Note:
'Class of 9-11' graduates from West Point
'9/11' Class Graduates From Naval Academy
UPDATE ON OPERATIONS IN HADITHA
Back from Iraq, finding work can be difficult
Japan confirms identity of man in Iraq militants' video

Memorial Day
Bush honors war dead
Soldiers Remembered
Bush's Memorial Day Radio Address
Bush: America Honors Veterans


JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
45 Iraqis, GI killed in 2 days of attacks
Japanese trying to contact WWII soldiers


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Saudi's King Fahd said to be stable
Egypt frees 77 Muslim Brotherhood members
Lebanon vote free from Syrian domination
Assad's uncle calls for reform in Syria
Palestinian Authority recruiting 5,000
Car bomb blasts kill 7; wound 70 in Iraq
Iraq group kills Japanese hostage


The US News: Iraq News
47 Iraqis killed in separate attacks, ten pilgrims executed,
India, Iraq work to mend diplomatic ties
Web Site:Zarqawi Group Says Responsible For Iraq Car Blasts
Law compels Iran to pursue nuclear goals
Insurgents say killed Japanese hostage in Iraq
Some Gaza villagers fear reprisals
Iran, Turkey to boost energy exports to Iraq
Zarqawi aides call al-Qaida's Iraqi leader healthy
Iraqis plan Baghdad show of force


CENTCOM
TASK FORCE BAGHDAD CONTINUES TO RID STREETS OF TERROR
U.S. SOLDIERS CARE FOR IRAQI KIDS HURT BY TERRORIST BOMBS


Various Sources
As Baghdad prepares for offensive, insurgents strike elsewhere
Sunni, Shiite groups agree to ease Iraqi tensions
Report: Wounded Zarqawi has fled Iraq
US government warns Americans of terrorist threats in Uzbekistan


Fox News
45 Killed in Two Days in Iraq; Sunnis, Shiites Make Deal
France to Decide EU Constitution Passage
Indonesia Blasts Kill 22
Big Ben Takes a Break
Iran Hard-Liners Act to Require Nuke Technology
Saudi King in Stable Condition
Rice: Confirm Bolton


Department of Defense
Myers Passes Torch to New Generation — Story
President Outlines Transformation — Story
U.S. Helicopter Crash Claims Two Lives — Story

ON THE GROUND
IN IRAQ
Battalion Constructs Civil Military Coordination Center
Convoy Airmen Protect Supply Lines

IN THE PERSIAN GULF
Helicopter Squadron Trades Sea for Desert

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Secretary’s Message to the Troops
'Memorial' Needed in Memorial Day
Fleet Week Honors Troops — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Base Realignment and Closure 2005
Medal of Honor
Two Years in Iraq

IN IRAQ
Air Force F-16 Assists in Search
U.S. Soldiers Treat Iraqi Children
Operations Disrupt Enemy
Detainees Escape From Abu Ghraib
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Ex-Taliban Pledge Allegiance
Army Launches Vaccine Program
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Inquiry Finds 'No Credible Evidence'
9/11 Marine Fighter Jet Dedicated
U.S. Navy Increases Maritime Guard

MILITARY NEWS
Arlington Cemetery Gains 70 Acres
Wounded Troop Trains for Run
Security Forces Train Airmen
Rumsfeld Praises 82nd Airborne
Exercise Prepares A-10s for Combat
Writing Deadline Approaches
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Casualties — Story


Today in History
1453 - Constantinople falls to Muhammad II and the Turks, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1721 - South Carolina is formally incorporated as a royal colony.
1765 - Patrick Henry (on his birthday) makes a historic speech against the Stamp Act, responding to a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1790 - Rhode Island becomes last of the original 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution.
1848 - Wisconsin becomes 30th state.
1849 - Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time."
1849 - Abraham Lincoln acquires a patent for lifting vessels.
1861 - Dorothea Dix offers help set up hospitals for Union Army.
1900 - The Otis Elevator Co. trademarks the "Escalator."
1912 - 15 young women are fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break.
1916 - The official flag of the President of the United States is adopted; U.S. forces invade the Dominican Republic, remaining until 1924.
1940 - Germany captures Ostend and Ypres in Belgium, and Lille in France.
1942 - Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," the greatest selling record to date.
1943 - Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill / Marshall / Eisenhower); Meat and cheese are rationed in the United States.
1944 - British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy.
1945 - The United States' 1st Marine Division conquerors Shuri castle, Okinawa.
1951 - First North Pole flight in single-engine plane.
1967 - Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later will become Pope John Paul II.
1974 - Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster.
1989 - Student protesters in Tiananmen Square, China, construct a replica of the Statue of Liberty.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic.
1993 - In Solingen, Germany, Nazis kill 5 Turkish women.

Birthdays
1630 - King Charles II of England
1736 - Patrick Henry, U.S. patriot, famous for his words "Give me liberty or give me death."
1810 - Union Major General Erasmus Darwin Keyes; Union Brevet Major General Solomon Meredith
1824 - Confederate Major General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox
1825 - Union General David Bell Birney
1827 - Confederate Brigadier General Reuben Lindsay Walker
1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Senator-MA), 35th President
1923 - Richard Worsley, quarter master General
1935 - Martin Garrod, Commandant General (Royal Marines)
1943 - Bob Edgar (Representative-PA); E. Thomas Coleman (Representative-MO)

Passings
1453 - Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor
1814 - Josephine, Empress of France (wife of Napoleon)
1892 - Baha'u'llah (Mirza HA Noeri), Persian founder
1934 - Heihatjiro Tojo, Japanese Admiral (Russian-Japanese War)
1994 - Erich Honecker President of German Democratic Republic; Ezra Taft Benson, Minister of Agriculture / Mormon leader
1995 - Margaret Chase Smith, first female Representative and Senator (ME)

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Garner, John H., USN (SC)

1972
Morrow, Larry K., US Army (NC)