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Edward Thomas Colgan 1924 - 1992

Edward Thomas Colgan of Cleveland, Bradley County, TN was born on February 28, 1924, and died at age 68 years old on September 29, 1992. Edward Colgan was buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery Section YY Site 226 1200 Bailey Avenue, in Chattanooga.
Edward Thomas Colgan
Cleveland, Bradley County, TN 37312
February 28, 1924
September 29, 1992
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  • 02/28
    1924

    Birthday

    February 28, 1924
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: MSGT
  • 09/29
    1992

    Death

    September 29, 1992
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    Chattanooga National Cemetery Section YY Site 226 1200 Bailey Avenue, in Chattanooga, Tn 37404
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In 1924, in the year that Edward Thomas Colgan was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1945, Edward was 21 years old when on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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