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Gertrude Houchens 1921 - 2009

Gertrude Houchens of Charlestown, Suffolk County, MA was born on July 31, 1921, and died at age 87 years old on January 22, 2009.

Gertrude Houchens

Charlestown, Suffolk County, MA 02129

July 31, 1921

January 22, 2009

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1921

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July 31, 1921

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2009

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January 22, 2009

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In 1921, in the year that Gertrude Houchens was born, on November 11th, the first burial was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery. The body of an unknown soldier - selected by Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger who was highly decorated for valor and received the Distinguished Service Cross in "The Great War" - was brought back from France (World War 1) and placed in the newly completed tomb. President Warren G. Harding officiated at the interment ceremonies.

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In 1944, when she was 23 years old, on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.

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