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Dempsey G Gilreath 1920 - 2002

Dempsey G Gilreath of Rocky Mount, Franklin County, VA was born on March 2, 1920, and died at age 81 years old on February 13, 2002.
Dempsey G Gilreath
Rocky Mount, Franklin County, VA 24151
March 2, 1920
February 13, 2002
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  • 03/2
    1920

    Birthday

    March 2, 1920
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Pittsylvania County, Virginia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 13032913 Enlisted: October 1, 1941 in Richmond Virginia Military branch: Air Corps Private Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Occupations In Manufacture Of Textiles, N.e.c.
  • 02/13
    2002

    Death

    February 13, 2002
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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In 1920, in the year that Dempsey G Gilreath 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 1942, Dempsey was 22 years old when on February 19th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This authorized the Secretary of War to "prescribe certain areas as military zones." On March 21st, he signed Public Law 503 which was approved after an hour discussion in the Senate and 30 minutes in the House. The Law provided for enforcement of his Executive Order. This cleared the way for approximately 120,000 men, women, and children of Japanese ancestry to be evicted from the West Coast and to be held in concentration camps and other confinement sites across the country. In Hawaii, a few thousand were detained. German and Italian Americans in the U.S. were also confined.
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