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Octavius A Jr Gethers 1927 - 2006

Octavius Allen Gethers of Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina was born on January 28, 1927, and died at age 79 years old on October 15, 2006.
Octavius Allen Gethers
Moncks Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina 29461
January 28, 1927
October 15, 2006
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Octavius Allen Gethers' History: 1927 - 2006

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  • 01/28
    1927

    Birthday

    January 28, 1927
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Berkeley County, South Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 44094771 Enlisted: March 12, 1946 in Buckley Field Denver Colorado Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private First Class, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: One Year Enlistment
  • Professional Career

    Tinsmiths, Coppersmiths, And Sheet Metal Workers
  • 10/15
    2006

    Death

    October 15, 2006
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1927, in the year that Octavius A Jr Gethers was born, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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In 1945, at the age of 18 years old, Octavius was alive when on August 6th, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On August 9th, an atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. At least 129,000 people were killed in the two bombings and they still remain the only use of atomic bombs in war. An invasion on mainland Japan had been planned but President Truman ordered the bombs dropped instead.
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