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Eric Gorbell 1899 - 1993

Eric Gorbell was born on May 23, 1899, and died at age 93 years old on April 26, 1993. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Eric Gorbell.
Eric Gorbell
May 23, 1899
April 26, 1993
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  • 05/23
    1899

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    May 23, 1899
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  • 04/26
    1993

    Death

    April 26, 1993
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    Eric Gorbell lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 93.
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In 1899, in the year that Eric Gorbell was born, the meaning of Chinese "oracle bones" was rediscovered. Farmers in China had been turning up the bones in their fields for generations but most often they were ground up and sold as medicine. The chancellor of the Imperial Academy and a friend noticed, before they ground the bones, that they had writing. The bones had been used around the second millennium BC for divination.
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In 1942, at the age of 43 years old, Eric was alive when from January 7th through April 9th, the Battle of Bataan was fought in the Philippines. At the end of the battle, the U.S. and Filipino forces surrendered and a three-year occupation of the Philippines by Japan began. Between 60,000 and 80,000 American and Filipino soldiers surrendered and were marched around 60 to 69 miles - most were beaten, abused, or killed. Named the Bataan Death March, it was later declared to be a war crime.
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