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Walter Retus 1920 - 1998

Walter Retus of Smithtown, Suffolk County, NY was born on August 18, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on July 1, 1998.
Walter Retus
Smithtown, Suffolk County, NY 11787
August 18, 1920
July 1, 1998
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Walter Retus' History: 1920 - 1998

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  • 08/18
    1920

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    August 18, 1920
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  • 07/1
    1998

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    July 1, 1998
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    Walter Retus lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.
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In 1920, in the year that Walter Retus 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 1932, at the age of just 12 years old, Walter was alive when five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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