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Willie Smith 1920 - 1988

Willie B Smith of Newland, Avery County, NC was born on October 21, 1920, and died at age 67 years old in September 1988.
Willie B Smith
Newland, Avery County, NC 28657
October 21, 1920
September 1988
Male
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Willie B Smith's History: 1920 - 1988

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  • 10/21
    1920

    Birthday

    October 21, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Wake County, North Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 34469034 Enlisted: December 23, 1942 in Ft Bragg North Carolina Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
  • Professional Career

    Farm Hands, General Farms
  • 09/dd
    1988

    Death

    September 1988
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1920, in the year that Willie Smith was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1932, when he was merely 12 years old, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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Willie Smith's Family Tree

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