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Ruthie M Deshong 1920 - 2003

Ruthie M Deshong of Champaign, Champaign County, IL was born on April 26, 1920, and died at age 83 years old on November 10, 2003.
Ruthie M Deshong
Champaign, Champaign County, IL 61820
April 26, 1920
November 10, 2003
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  • 04/26
    1920

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    April 26, 1920
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  • 11/10
    2003

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    November 10, 2003
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    Ruthie M Deshong lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1920, in the year that Ruthie M Deshong was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1945, Ruthie was 25 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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