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Robert Leggs 1924 - 2007

Robert Leggs of Nashville, Davidson County, TN was born on December 24, 1924, and died at age 82 years old on May 16, 2007. Robert Leggs was buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Section PP Row 14 Site 20 Mccrory Lane, in Nashville.
Robert Leggs
Nashville, Davidson County, TN 37210
December 24, 1924
May 16, 2007
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  • 12/24
    1924

    Birthday

    December 24, 1924
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/16
    2007

    Death

    May 16, 2007
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    Unknown
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    Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Section PP Row 14 Site 20 Mccrory Lane, in Nashville, Tn 37221
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In 1924, in the year that Robert Leggs was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1934, Robert was merely 10 years old when on November 11th 1933, an extremely strong dust storm hit South Dakota, stripping topsoil. Other strong dust storms had occurred during 1933. Severe droughts continued to hit the Great Plains and the dust storms devastated agricultural production as well as people's' lives for several years. The Roosevelt administration and scientists eventually determined that farming practices had caused the conditions that led to the dust storms and the changes they implemented in farming stopped the Dust Bowl.
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