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Bess Houston 1894 - 1980

Bess Houston of Monroe, Union County, North Carolina was born on May 6, 1894, and died at age 86 years old in November 1980.

Bess Houston

Monroe, Union County, North Carolina 28110

May 6, 1894

November 1980

Female

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In 1894, in the year that Bess Houston was born, large reserves of oil were discovered on the Osage Indian reservation in Oklahoma. Previously thought to be "useless" land - not even good for farming - the tribe had bought the land themselves. The discovery of oil made the Osage the "richest group of people in the world" at the time.

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In 1944, at the age of 50 years old, Bess was alive when on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.

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