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Ollie Griffith Jr 1922 - 2011

Ollie Griffith Jr of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN was born on June 15, 1922, and died at age 88 years old on March 27, 2011. Ollie Griffith was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 5 Site 2323 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il.
Ollie Griffith Jr
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN 55427
June 15, 1922
March 27, 2011
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  • 06/15
    1922

    Birthday

    June 15, 1922
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 03/27
    2011

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    March 27, 2011
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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 5 Site 2323 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1922, in the year that Ollie Griffith Jr was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1950, Ollie was 28 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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