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Joseph Briggs Wells 1920 - 2005

Joseph Briggs Wells of Rockville, Parke County, IN was born on August 6, 1920, and died at age 84 years old on January 14, 2005. Joseph Wells was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 1FF Site 579 Sheridan Road, in St. Louis, Mo.

Joseph Briggs Wells
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Rockville, Parke County, IN 47872
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August 6, 1920
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    Branch of service: Us Army Air Forces Rank attained: S SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1920, in the year that Joseph Briggs Wells was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1945, he was 25 years old when on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.
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