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Odin Merle Witsoe 1931 - 2011

Odin Merle Witsoe of Maple Valley, King County, WA was born on July 19, 1931, and died at age 79 years old on April 23, 2011. Odin Witsoe was buried at Tahoma National Cemetery Section 23 Site 429 18600 Se 240th St, in Kent.
Odin Merle Witsoe
Maple Valley, King County, WA 98038
July 19, 1931
April 23, 2011
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  • 07/19
    1931

    Birthday

    July 19, 1931
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: SGT Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 04/23
    2011

    Death

    April 23, 2011
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    Tahoma National Cemetery Section 23 Site 429 18600 Se 240th St, in Kent, Wa 98042
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In 1931, in the year that Odin Merle Witsoe was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1943, he was merely 12 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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