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William J Gjersvik 1904 - 2002

William J Gjersvik of Albert Lea, Freeborn County, MN was born on September 9, 1904, and died at age 98 years old on October 22, 2002.
William J Gjersvik
Albert Lea, Freeborn County, MN 56007
September 9, 1904
October 22, 2002
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  • 09/9
    1904

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    September 9, 1904
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  • 10/22
    2002

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    October 22, 2002
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    William J Gjersvik lived 25 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 98.
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In 1904, in the year that William J Gjersvik was born, the Russo-Japanese war began. The Russian Empire and the Japanese Empire began fighting over the territories of Manchuria and Korea. Russia wanted a warm water port on the Pacific Ocean while Japan feared growing encroachment from Russia into Asia. So the Japan fleet launched a surprise attack on the Russian Navy and a one year war began. President Roosevelt of the United States brokered peace between the two nations. It was the first time in the modern era that an Asian power showed its dominance over a European power.
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In 1916, when he was merely 12 years old, 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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