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Donald C Athey 1924 - 2009

Donald C Athey of Peru, La Salle County, IL was born on November 14, 1924, and died at age 84 years old on September 11, 2009.
Donald C Athey
Peru, La Salle County, IL 61354
November 14, 1924
September 11, 2009
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  • 11/14
    1924

    Birthday

    November 14, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Bureau County, Illinois United States
  • Early Life & Education

    3 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 36480883 Enlisted: April 5, 1943 in Peoria Illinois Military branch: No Branch Assignment 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
  • 09/11
    2009

    Death

    September 11, 2009
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    Cause of death
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In 1924, in the year that Donald C Athey was born, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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In 1942, by the time he was 18 years old, 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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