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Willard Harry Smith 1922 - 2003

Willard Harry Smith of Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV was born on June 5, 1922, and died at age 81 years old on September 22, 2003. Willard Smith was buried at Tahoma National Cemetery Section 9C Site 272 Se 240th St, in Kent, Wa.
Willard Harry Smith
Hedgesville, Berkeley County, WV 25427
June 5, 1922
September 22, 2003
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  • 06/5
    1922

    Birthday

    June 5, 1922
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Air Forces Rank attained: SSGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 09/22
    2003

    Death

    September 22, 2003
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    Tahoma National Cemetery Section 9C Site 272 Se 240th St, in Kent, Wa 98042
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In 1922, in the year that Willard Harry Smith was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1945, at the age of 23 years old, Willard 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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