When Frank Monroe Brechbill was born on 13 November 1921, in Stevensville, Ravalli, Montana, United States, his father, Elton Vanlier Brechbill, was 54 and his mother, Octavia Lamedia Brown, was 38. He married Myrtle Edna Chittim on 26 October 1946, in Stevensville, Ravalli, Montana, United States. He lived in Township 4 Stevens, Ravalli, Montana, United States in 1940 and Election Precinct 21 Milltown, Missoula, Montana, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 18 July 2007, in Stevensville, Ravalli, Montana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Florence-Carlton Cemetery, Lolo, Missoula, Montana, United States.
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Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Construction on the Fort Peck Dam started in 1933. It is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River. It is located in the northeastern part of Montana near Glasgow and Fort Peck.
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Altered form of Swiss German Brechbühl: topographic name for someone who lived on a hill (Bühl) near a crack or crevice (Brech) or owned by or associated with a man called Brecht . The surname Brechbill is also found in France (Lorraine).
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