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Willis Gentry 1898 - 1981

Willis Gentry of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California was born on August 20, 1898, and died at age 83 years old in August 1981.
Willis Gentry
Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California 90806
August 20, 1898
August 1981
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Willis Gentry's History: 1898 - 1981

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    1898

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    August 20, 1898
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  • 08/dd
    1981

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    August 1981
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    Willis Gentry lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 82.
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In 1898, in the year that Willis Gentry was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1934, he was 36 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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