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Bessie Anne Higginbotham 1923 - 1979

Bessie Anne Higginbotham of Lynchburg, Lynchburg City County, VA was born on September 14, 1923 at Lynchburg Va, and died at age 56 years old in November 1979 at Lynchburg Va. Bessie Higginbotham was buried at Lot 35, Sec. I, Presbyterian Cemetary, Lynchburg, VA.

Bessie Anne Higginbotham

Lynchburg, Lynchburg City County, VA 24501

September 14, 1923

Lynchburg Va

November 1979

Lynchburg Va

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September 14, 1923

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1979

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November 1979

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Bessie Anne Higginbotham lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.

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In 1923, in the year that Bessie Anne Higginbotham was born, on September 1, an earthquake - the Great Kanto earthquake - destroyed one-third of Tokyo. Measuring 7.9 and with a reported duration of between 4 and 10 minutes, casualties totaled about 142,800 deaths, including about 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.

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In 1945, Bessie was 22 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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