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John Simon Smit 1938 - 2012

John Simon Smit was born on December 4, 1938, and died at age 73 years old on August 15, 2012. John Smit was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section EE3 Site 454 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Simon Smit.
John Simon Smit
December 4, 1938
August 15, 2012
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  • 12/4
    1938

    Birthday

    December 4, 1938
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    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: BT2
  • 08/15
    2012

    Death

    August 15, 2012
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    Unknown
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Willamette National Cemetery Section EE3 Site 454 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1938, in the year that John Simon Smit was born, on October 30th, a Sunday, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast Orson Welles' special Halloween show The War of the World's. A clever take on H.G. Wells' novel, the show began with simulated "breaking news" of an invasion by Martians. Because of the realistic nature of the "news," there was a public outcry the next day, calling for regulation by the FCC. Although the current story is that many were fooled and panicked, in reality very few people were fooled. But the show made Orson Welles' career.
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In 1942, John was merely 4 years old when on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
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