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Benjamin F Lewis 1919 - 2008

Benjamin F Lewis of Samson, Geneva County, AL was born on April 24, 1919, and died at age 89 years old on December 7, 2008.
Benjamin F Lewis
Samson, Geneva County, AL 36477
April 24, 1919
December 7, 2008
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  • 04/24
    1919

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    April 24, 1919
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  • 12/7
    2008

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    December 7, 2008
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    Benjamin F Lewis lived 18 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1919, in the year that Benjamin F Lewis was born, in January, Nebraska was the 36th state to ratify the 18th Amendment, making it the law of the land. The 18th Amendment established Prohibition - a law against the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. Private consumption and possession were not prohibited. Several months later, the Volstead Act was passed, creating laws to enforce the Amendment. Bootlegging and bathtub gin followed.
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In 1945, he was 26 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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