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Dorothy Gentzell 1898 - 1969

Dorothy Gentzell of Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, PA was born on April 5, 1898, and died at age 70 years old in January 1969.
Dorothy Gentzell
Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, PA 17055
April 5, 1898
January 1969
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    1898

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    April 5, 1898
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  • 01/dd
    1969

    Death

    January 1969
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    Dorothy Gentzell lived 6 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1898, in the year that Dorothy Gentzell was born, on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.
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In 1916, she was 18 years old when in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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