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John James Gessell 1933 - 2006

John James Gessell of Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota was born on May 4, 1933, and died at age 73 years old on August 13, 2006.
John James Gessell
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota 55101
May 4, 1933
August 13, 2006
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  • 05/4
    1933

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    May 4, 1933
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  • 08/13
    2006

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    August 13, 2006
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    John James Gessell lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 73.
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In 1933, in the year that John James Gessell was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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In 1944, at the age of merely 11 years old, John 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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