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Martha E Runkle 1903 - 1994

Martha E Runkle of Reading, Berks County, PA was born on March 4, 1903, and died at age 91 years old on August 11, 1994.
Martha E Runkle
Reading, Berks County, PA 19611
March 4, 1903
August 11, 1994
Female
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    1903

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    March 4, 1903
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  • 08/11
    1994

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    August 11, 1994
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    Martha E Runkle lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 91.
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In 1903, in the year that Martha E Runkle was born, the Harley-Davidson Motor Company was begun by two childhood friends, William Harley and Arthur Davidson - with help from Arthur's brother, Walter. Their first prototype - a "motor-bicycle" - couldn't climb hills without also pedaling, so they went back to the drawing board, and in 1904 their new version came in 4th in a race. Harley-Davidson and Indian Motorcycle Manufacturing Company were the only two major motorcycle companies to survive the Great Depression.
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In 1945, she was 42 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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