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Dewey Nelson 1897 - 1983

Dewey Nelson of Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee was born on October 22, 1897, and died at age 86 years old in October 1983.

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Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee 38128
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In 1897, in the year that Dewey Nelson was born, on September 21st, editor and publisher Francis P. Church responded to a letter to the editor from Virginia O'Hanlon, 8 years old. Virginia's father had told her that "If you see it in The Sun, it's so." So she wrote to the Sun, asking if there was a Santa Claus. Church responded with the now famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus".
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In 1945, at the age of 48 years old, Dewey was alive 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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Nelson, Ross Nelson, Dora Ann (Born Oct 24, 1895) Nelson, Martha (Born Dec 29, 1920) Nelson, Earl (Born May 12, 1912) Nelson, William (Born 1886) Nelson, Alex (Born 1884) Nelson, Lena Mae (Born Jun 3, 1915) Nelson, Lee Veran (Born Jul 4, 1935) Nelson, Clarence (Born Jul 9, 1914) Nelson, Eleanor
Nelson, Nancy (Born Jun 15, 1836) Nelson, Myrtle (Born Jul 25, 1912) Nelson, Charles (Born c. 1798) Nelson, Jane (Born Mar 22, 1861) Nelson, Emma (Born c. 1861) Nelson, Fredrik (Born Feb 24, 1859) Nelson, Laurence (Born Aug 3, 1910) Nelson, Benjamin (Born Apr 10, 1915) Nelson, Margaret Lorraine (Born Sep 27, 1924) Burnson, Amelia (Born 1887)
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