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Sam Rumsey 1920 - 2008

Sam Rumsey of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, IN was born on September 29, 1920, and died at age 87 years old on March 4, 2008.

Sam Rumsey
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Evansville, Vanderburgh County, IN 47713
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In 1920, in the year that Sam Rumsey was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1945, he was 25 years old when on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.
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Rumsey, Clara (Feb 13, 1891 - Jan 1982) Rumsey, Jane (May 30, 1935 - Aug 1, 2002) Rumsey, Florence (Nov 4, 1915 - Sep 15, 1993) Rumsey, Kathryn (Aug 11, 1915 - May 1971) Rumsey, John (Jul 13, 1916 - Feb 12, 1988) Rumsey, Adeline (Nov 11, 1871 - Jan 1967) Rumsey, Marguerite (Oct 13, 1911 - Jun 7, 1999) Rumsey, Eliza (Mar 20, 1892 - Aug 1979) Rumsey, Ellen (Jan 16, 1888 - Nov 15, 1992) Rumsey, Hazel (Sep 13, 1896 - Nov 29, 1990)
Rumsey, Charles (Mar 23, 1880 - Oct 1969) Rumsey, Barbara (Jan 22, 1927 - Aug 1982) Rumsey, Eveline (Feb 18, 1911 - Jul 1973) Rumsey, Arthur (Sep 2, 1907 - Jan 1974) Rumsey, Stanley (Jan 7, 1911 - Apr 15, 2009) Rumsey, Amelia (Jul 6, 1916 - Dec 1976) Rumsey, Albert (May 13, 1911 - Jun 1976) Rumsey, James (Mar 4, 1913 - Nov 22, 1987) Rumsey, Celia (Jan 15, 1890 - Sep 1983) Rumsey, Helena (Sep 12, 1913 - Apr 1, 1989)
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