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William R Thornquist 1924 - 2004

William R Thornquist of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN was born on October 31, 1924, and died at age 79 years old on April 7, 2004.
William R Thornquist
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN 55410
October 31, 1924
April 7, 2004
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  • 10/31
    1924

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    October 31, 1924
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  • 04/7
    2004

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    April 7, 2004
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    William R Thornquist lived 2 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 79.
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In 1924, in the year that William R Thornquist was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1945, when he was 21 years old, 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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