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Alma R Askew 1922 - 1997

Alma R Askew of Newport News, Newport News City County, VA was born on January 19, 1922, and died at age 74 years old on January 16, 1997.
Alma R Askew
Newport News, Newport News City County, VA 23601
January 19, 1922
January 16, 1997
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  • 01/19
    1922

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    January 19, 1922
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  • 01/16
    1997

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    January 16, 1997
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    Alma R Askew lived 3 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 74.
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In 1922, in the year that Alma R Askew was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1944, by the time she was 22 years old, on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.
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