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Harold R Dirks 1922 - 2010

Harold R Dirks of Lincoln, Logan County, IL was born on December 30, 1922, and died at age 87 years old on January 5, 2010.
Harold R Dirks
Lincoln, Logan County, IL 62656
December 30, 1922
January 5, 2010
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    December 30, 1922
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    2010

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    January 5, 2010
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    Harold R Dirks lived 12 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 87.
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In 1922, in the year that Harold R Dirks 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 1944, at the age of 22 years old, Harold was alive when 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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