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James R Sims 1924 - 2007

James R Sims of Atlanta, Fulton County, GA was born on July 2, 1924, and died at age 83 years old on November 17, 2007.
James R Sims
Atlanta, Fulton County, GA 30311
July 2, 1924
November 17, 2007
Male
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  • 07/2
    1924

    Birthday

    July 2, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Hamilton County, Tennessee United States
  • Early Life & Education

    3 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34716856 Enlisted: March 12, 1946 in Ft Benning Georgia Military branch: Quartermaster Corps Rank: Corporal, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • Professional Career

    Tinsmiths, Coppersmiths, And Sheet Metal Workers
  • 11/17
    2007

    Death

    November 17, 2007
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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In 1924, in the year that James R Sims was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1943, by the time he was 19 years old, on September 3rd, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed in Sicily. Under the terms of the Armistice, Italy surrendered to the Allied Powers. After the Armistice was made public on September 8th, Germany attacked and occupied Italy. It took 20 months of fighting for the Allies to reach the northern borders of Italy.
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