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Frank Gumkowski 1922 - 1981

Frank Gumkowski was born on October 9, 1922, and died at age 58 years old in August 1981. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Frank Gumkowski.
Frank Gumkowski
October 9, 1922
August 1981
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  • 10/9
    1922

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    October 9, 1922
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  • 08/dd
    1981

    Death

    August 1981
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    Frank Gumkowski lived 15 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 58.
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In 1922, in the year that Frank Gumkowski 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 1945, Frank was 23 years old when on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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