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Bessie J Smith 1937 - 2009

Bessie J Smith of Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, NY was born on May 15, 1937, and died at age 72 years old on September 22, 2009. Bessie Smith was buried at Gerald B.h. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Section 21 Site 472 200 Duell Road, in Schuylerville.
Bessie J Smith
Ballston Spa, Saratoga County, NY 12020
May 15, 1937
September 22, 2009
Female
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  • 05/15
    1937

    Birthday

    May 15, 1937
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 09/22
    2009

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    September 22, 2009
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    Gerald B.h. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery Section 21 Site 472 200 Duell Road, in Schuylerville, Ny 12871
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In 1937, in the year that Bessie J Smith was born, on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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In 1947, by the time she was merely 10 years old, in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.
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