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John Ritsema 1909 - 1996

John Ritsema of Central Lake, Antrim County, MI was born on November 3, 1909, and died at age 86 years old on May 20, 1996.
John Ritsema
Central Lake, Antrim County, MI 49622
November 3, 1909
May 20, 1996
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  • 11/3
    1909

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    November 3, 1909
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  • 05/20
    1996

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    May 20, 1996
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In 1909, in the year that John Ritsema was born, William Howard Taft became the 27th President of the United States on March 4th. Previously Secretary of War, Judge on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Governor of both the Philippines and Cuba, Taft was the only President who went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
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In 1915, he was only 6 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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