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James B Wright 1922 - 2009

James B Wright of Mechanicsville, Hanover County, VA was born on September 8, 1922, and died at age 86 years old on July 1, 2009.
James B Wright
Mechanicsville, Hanover County, VA 23116
September 8, 1922
July 1, 2009
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  • 09/8
    1922

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    September 8, 1922
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  • 07/1
    2009

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    July 1, 2009
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    James B Wright lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1922, in the year that James B Wright 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, James 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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