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Otis Wendell Callis 1917 - 1999

Otis Wendell Callis of Austin, Williamson County, TX was born on July 20, 1917, and died at age 81 years old on April 16, 1999. Otis Callis was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section CK Site 35 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio.
Otis Wendell Callis
Austin, Williamson County, TX 78729
July 20, 1917
April 16, 1999
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  • 07/20
    1917

    Birthday

    July 20, 1917
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: LTC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea
  • 04/16
    1999

    Death

    April 16, 1999
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section CK Site 35 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio, Tx 78209
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In 1917, in the year that Otis Wendell Callis was born, on July 28, between ten and fifteen thousand blacks silently walked down New York City's Fifth Avenue to protest racial discrimination and violence. Lynchings in Waco Texas and hundreds of African-Americans killed in East St. Louis Illinois had sparked the protest. Picket signs said "Mother, do lynchers go to heaven?" "Mr. President, why not make America safe for democracy?" "Thou shalt not kill." "Pray for the Lady Macbeth's of East St. Louis" and "Give us a chance to live."
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In 1940, he was 23 years old when on November 5th, President Franklin Roosevelt was elected to a third term, defeating Wendell Willkie of Indiana (a corporate lawyer). Roosevelt running for a third term was controversial. But the U.S. was emerging from the Great Recession and he promised that he would not involve the country in any foreign war (which of course changed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor). Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the popular vote by 54.7 to 44.8% and in the Electoral College 449 to 82.
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