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Lester R Leidy 1920 - 1998

Lester R Leidy of Oreland, Montgomery County, PA was born on September 20, 1920, and died at age 77 years old on August 5, 1998.
Lester R Leidy
Oreland, Montgomery County, PA 19075
September 20, 1920
August 5, 1998
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  • 09/20
    1920

    Birthday

    September 20, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 13008011 Enlisted: October 29, 1940 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Military branch: Air Corps Private Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Alaska
  • Professional Career

    Semiskilled Mechanics And Repairmen, Motor Vehicles
  • 08/5
    1998

    Death

    August 5, 1998
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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In 1920, in the year that Lester R Leidy was born, in September, a bomb exploded in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 people immediately - 8 later died due to their injuries - and injuring another 200. Killing more people than the 1910 bombing of the LA Times (the deadliest terrorist act up until then), no one took responsibility and the perpetrators were never found. Italian anarchists were suspected of the bombing.
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In 1945, Lester was 25 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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