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Dorothea L Merritt 1921 - 2011

Dorothea L Merritt of Lakeland, Polk County, FL was born on July 17, 1921, and died at age 89 years old on January 15, 2011. Dorothea Merritt was buried at Florida National Cemetery Section 409 Site 703 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell.
Dorothea L Merritt
Lakeland, Polk County, FL 33810
July 17, 1921
January 15, 2011
Female
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  • 07/17
    1921

    Birthday

    July 17, 1921
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC 4 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 01/15
    2011

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    January 15, 2011
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    Florida National Cemetery Section 409 Site 703 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell, Fl 33513
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In 1921, in the year that Dorothea L Merritt was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1941, at the age of 20 years old, Dorothea was alive when on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.
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