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Eldon Gettings 1945 - 1987

Eldon Gettings was born on June 3, 1945, and died at age 42 years old in June 1987. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eldon Gettings.
Eldon Gettings
June 3, 1945
June 1987
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  • 06/3
    1945

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    June 3, 1945
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  • 06/dd
    1987

    Death

    June 1987
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    Eldon Gettings lived 32 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 41.
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In 1945, in the year that Eldon Gettings was born, on March 12th, a riot erupted at a Japanese internment camp in Santa Fe New Mexico. Two days earlier, white shirts with the Rising Sun on the back had been confiscated and the prisoners objected. Three leaders of the protest were removed and sent to another camp. Guards at the Santa Fe camp were armed with submachine guns, shotguns, and gun masks. On the morning of the 12th, prisoners began throwing rocks at the guards. When the "rioters" wouldn't disperse, the guards were ordered to use tear gas and batons. Four men were badly injured as a result.
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In 1950, he was just 5 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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