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Dessie Powers 1916 - 1981

Dessie Powers of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania was born on August 10, 1916, and died at age 64 years old in April 1981.
Dessie Powers
Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania 15301
August 10, 1916
April 1981
Female
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  • 08/10
    1916

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    August 10, 1916
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  • 04/dd
    1981

    Death

    April 1981
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    Dessie Powers lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1916, in the year that Dessie Powers was born, the Battle of Verdun was fought from February through December. It was the largest and longest battle of World War I, lasting 303 days. The original estimates were 714,231 casualties - 377,231 French and 337,000 German, an average of 70,000 casualties a month. Current estimates are even larger. The Battle of the Somme was also fought from July through September of the same year. Original estimates were 485,000 British and French casualties and 630,000 German casualties.
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In 1928, Dessie was merely 12 years old when aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.
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