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Ira Smith 1904 - 1976

Ira Smith of Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia was born on August 4, 1904, and died at age 72 years old in November 1976.
Ira Smith
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia 26003
August 4, 1904
November 1976
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Ira Smith's History: 1904 - 1976

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  • 08/4
    1904

    Birthday

    August 4, 1904
    Birthdate
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  • 11/dd
    1976

    Death

    November 1976
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ira Smith lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1904, in the year that Ira Smith was born, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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In 1915, he was just 11 years old when the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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