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Ernest Compton 1944 - 2010

Ernest Compton of Pikeville, Pike County, KY was born on May 10, 1944, and died at age 65 years old on February 24, 2010.
Ernest Compton
Pikeville, Pike County, KY 41501
May 10, 1944
February 24, 2010
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    1944

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    May 10, 1944
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  • 02/24
    2010

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    February 24, 2010
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    Ernest Compton lived 7 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 65.
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In 1944, in the year that Ernest Compton was born, on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.
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In 1958, at the age of just 14 years old, Ernest was alive when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.
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