Craig Albert Brandt

Male24 July 1943–9 September 2015

Brief Life History of Craig Albert

When Craig Albert Brandt was born on 24 July 1943, his father, Albert G. Brandt, was 32 and his mother, Rose Brandt, was 32. He died on 9 September 2015, at the age of 72, and was buried in Santa Fe National Cemetery, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.

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Albert G. Brandt
1911–1986
Rose Brandt
1912–
Craig Albert Brandt
1943–2015

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    World Events (8)

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 1

    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.

    1945 · Atomic Bomb Detonated at Trinty Site

    Age 2

    The Trinity Test took place in Los Alamos, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. The test was of the atomic bomb. Part of a project that the government had been working on since the United States entered WWII. The official name for this was called the Manhattan Project.

    1962 · The Cuban Missile Crisis

    Age 19

    The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union because of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This confrontation was the closest that the Cold War became a nuclear war.

    Name Meaning

    German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived in an area that had been cleared by fire, Middle High German brant (from brennen ‘to burn’).

    German and Swiss German: variant of Brand 1.

    Scandinavian: of German origin (see above), or a variant of Brand 3.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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