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Robert L Smith 1920 - 2006

Robert L Smith of Des Moines, Polk County, IA was born on March 2, 1920, and died at age 86 years old on December 10, 2006.
Robert L Smith
Des Moines, Polk County, IA 50317
March 2, 1920
December 10, 2006
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  • 03/2
    1920

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    March 2, 1920
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  • 12/10
    2006

    Death

    December 10, 2006
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    Robert L Smith lived 14 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 86.
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In 1920, in the year that Robert L Smith was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1944, Robert was 24 years old when on December 16th, The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes forest on the Western Front. Lasting for a little over a month, the battle began with a surprise attack by Germany on the Allied forces The U.S. suffered their highest casualties of any operation in World War II - 89,000 were casualties, around 8,600 killed - but Germany also severely depleted their resources and they couldn't be replaced.
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