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William Collins 1924 - 1985

William Collins was born on November 15, 1924, and died at age 60 years old in April 1985. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Collins.

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In 1924, in the year that William Collins 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 1945, when he was 21 years old, on June 22nd, the Battle of Okinawa ended. A joint Army and Marine campaign, supported by the Navy, the Battle of Okinawa went on for 82 days. The last Japanese resistance on Okinawa was defeated. 4,907 Navy, 4,675 Army, and 2,938 Marine Corps personnel were killed in the battle on the US side. It is estimated that 110,071 on the Japanese side were killed - the estimate includes Okinawan citizens who were pressed into service and includes children. With the win of Okinawa, the United States gained an important base of operations in the Pacific.
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Collins, Edith (Born Jul 14, 1898) Collins, Scott (Born 1878) Collins, Mary (Born 1873) Collins, Virgil Collins, Margaret A (Born Dec 2, 1914) Collins, Henry (Born 1894) Collins, Bessie (Born Dec 18, 1908) Collins, Carl (Born Jul 19, 1915) Collins, Cuba (Born 1911) Collins, Cora Ann (Born Feb 28, 1914)
Collins, La Wanna (Born Jan 19, 1927) Collins, Howard (Born Jan 4, 1930) Collins, Bertha (Born 1902) Collins, Robert (Born Apr 18, 1897) Collins, Theodore (Sep 5, 1902 - Sep 1978) Collins, James (Born Jan 20, 1868) Collins, Hubert Collins, Cora H.h.collins, Wlm. (Born Sep 8, 1859) Collins, Alice (Born Feb 1934)
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