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Howard Arthur Matsen 1917 - 2010

Howard Arthur Matsen of Renton, King County, WA was born on November 15, 1917, and died at age 92 years old on May 17, 2010. Howard Matsen was buried at Tahoma National Cemetery Section G Row B Site 42 18600 Se 240th St, in Kent.
Howard Arthur Matsen
Renton, King County, WA 98058
November 15, 1917
May 17, 2010
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  • 11/15
    1917

    Birthday

    November 15, 1917
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: PHM3
  • 05/17
    2010

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    May 17, 2010
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    Tahoma National Cemetery Section G Row B Site 42 18600 Se 240th St, in Kent, Wa 98042
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In 1917, in the year that Howard Arthur Matsen was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1945, he was 28 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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