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Ruth P Hamscher 1905 - 1983

Ruth P Hamscher was born on January 4, 1905, and died at age 78 years old in August 1983. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth P Hamscher.
Ruth P Hamscher
January 4, 1905
August 1983
Female
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    1905

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    January 4, 1905
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    1983

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    August 1983
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    Ruth P Hamscher lived 1 year longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1905, in the year that Ruth P Hamscher was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1945, at the age of 40 years old, Ruth was alive when on February 19th, US Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Iwo Jima began. Lasting 5 weeks, it was some of the bloodiest and fiercest fighting in the Pacific theater during World War II. The occupying Japanese forces were heavily armed and there were 21,000 Japanese soldiers on the island at the beginning of the battle. Only 216 Japanese soldiers were captured afterwards - the rest had been killed in action or committed suicide. 6,800 American soldiers died but the Americans took control of the island.
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