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Gordon Bascom Atkinson Jr 1931 - 2004

Gordon Bascom Atkinson Jr of Sumner, Pierce County, WA was born on June 20, 1931, and died at age 73 years old on September 22, 2004. Gordon Atkinson was buried at Tahoma National Cemetery Section 7 Site 397 18600 Se 240th St, in Kent.
Gordon Bascom Atkinson Jr
Sumner, Pierce County, WA 98390
June 20, 1931
September 22, 2004
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Gordon Bascom Atkinson Jr's History: 1931 - 2004

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  • 06/20
    1931

    Birthday

    June 20, 1931
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: SSGT Wars/Conflicts: Korea, Vietnam
  • 09/22
    2004

    Death

    September 22, 2004
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    Unknown
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Tahoma National Cemetery Section 7 Site 397 18600 Se 240th St, in Kent, Wa 98042
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In 1931, in the year that Gordon Bascom Atkinson Jr was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1942, he was just 11 years old when on June 17th, Roosevelt approved the Manhattan Project, which lead to the development of the first atomic bomb. With the support of Canada and the United Kingdom, the Project came to employ more than 130,000 people and cost nearly $2 billion. Julius Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear physicist born in New York, led the Los Alamos Laboratory that developed the actual bomb. The first artificial nuclear explosion took place near Alamogordo New Mexico on July 16, 1945.
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