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Dorothy M Benson 1922 - 2008

Dorothy M Benson of Cortland, De Kalb County, IL was born on April 3, 1922, and died at age 86 years old on October 28, 2008.
Dorothy M Benson
Cortland, De Kalb County, IL 60112
April 3, 1922
October 28, 2008
Female
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Dorothy M Benson's History: 1922 - 2008

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  • 04/3
    1922

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    April 3, 1922
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  • 10/28
    2008

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    October 28, 2008
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    Dorothy M Benson lived 13 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1922, in the year that Dorothy M Benson was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1944, at the age of 22 years old, Dorothy was alive when on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.
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