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Wendell M Smith 1911 - 1988

Wendell M Smith of Houston, Harris County, TX was born on August 1, 1911, and died at age 76 years old on June 7, 1988.
Wendell M Smith
Houston, Harris County, TX 77074
August 1, 1911
June 7, 1988
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Wendell M Smith's History: 1911 - 1988

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  • 08/1
    1911

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    August 1, 1911
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  • 06/7
    1988

    Death

    June 7, 1988
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    Wendell M Smith lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 76.
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In 1911, in the year that Wendell M Smith was born, the United States Supreme Court broke up Standard Oil in May. John D. Rockefeller established Standard Oil in 1870 and it was the largest oil refinery at the time. The Supreme Court found that Standard Oil of New Jersey (one of the many iterations of Standard Oil) was guilty of "monopolizing the petroleum industry through a series of abusive and anticompetitive actions". The Court broke up the several entities that comprised Standard Oil and they eventually became competing firms.
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In 1945, at the age of 34 years old, Wendell 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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