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Silas J Getz 1916 - 1999

Silas J Getz of Manitou, Hopkins County, KY was born on January 24, 1916, and died at age 83 years old on February 8, 1999.
Silas J Getz
Manitou, Hopkins County, KY 42436
January 24, 1916
February 8, 1999
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  • 01/24
    1916

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    January 24, 1916
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  • 02/8
    1999

    Death

    February 8, 1999
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    Silas J Getz lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 83.
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In 1916, in the year that Silas J Getz was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1934, Silas was 18 years old when on July 22nd, gangster John Dillinger was killed in Chicago. His gang had robbed banks and police stations, among other charges, and he was being hunted by J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI - although many in the public saw him as a "Robin Hood". A madam from a brothel in which he was hiding became an informer for the FBI and, after a shootout with FBI agents, Dillinger was shot and died.
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