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Melvin Gjertson 1906 - 1971

Melvin Gjertson of Cambridge, Dane County, Wisconsin was born on December 20, 1906, and died at age 64 years old in September 1971.
Melvin Gjertson
Cambridge, Dane County, Wisconsin 53523
December 20, 1906
September 1971
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    1906

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    December 20, 1906
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    1971

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    September 1971
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    Melvin Gjertson lived 13 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.
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In 1906, in the year that Melvin Gjertson was born, author Upton Sinclair exposed the public-health threat of the meat-packing industry in his book The Jungle. While his intent was to show the lives of exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities, most people were horrified by how the meat that ended up on their tables was handled. There was such an outcry that legislation was passed to regulate meat packing. Sinclair said " "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach."
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In 1943, at the age of 37 years old, Melvin was alive when on September 3rd, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed in Sicily. Under the terms of the Armistice, Italy surrendered to the Allied Powers. After the Armistice was made public on September 8th, Germany attacked and occupied Italy. It took 20 months of fighting for the Allies to reach the northern borders of Italy.
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