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Edward John Wojdyla 1921 - c. 1942

Edward John Wojdyla of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan United States was born on February 6, 1921, and died at age 21 years old circa September 11, 1942 at Guadulacanal, Solomon Islands in Guadalcanal Province Solomon Islands. Edward Wojdyla was buried at National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific Section N Site 374 2177 Puowaina Drive, in Honolulu, Hi.

Edward John Wojdyla

Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan United States

February 6, 1921

circa September 11, 1942

Guadulacanal, Solomon Islands in Guadalcanal Province, Solomon Islands

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02/6

1921

Birthday

February 6, 1921

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Ethnicity & Family History

Ed (1921) was the middle son of Lucy and Pawal Wojdyla. His 2 other brothers (Stanley -1919 and William - 1924) also served in WW2, also in the South Pacific. Edward was a Marine Sgt. William and Stanley were in the Navy. William served as a Seabee and Stanley served aboard the aircraft carrier USS Bunkerhill. Edward was killed on 9/11/1942 in a Jap bombing run while working on the Henderson airfield on Guadalcanal. Edward is buried in the Military Cemetary in Hawaii (“Punch Bowl”). Lucy and Pawal emigrated to the US from Eastern Europe from what is now Poland, in around 1916. Pawal died in 1925 at age 26 leaving 3 young sons ages 6, 4, and 1. Lucy never remarried and died in a nursing home in an east side Detroit suburb in 1988.
Religious Beliefs

Edward’s family were devout practicing Catholics.
Military Service

Branch of service: Us Marine Corps Rank attained: SGT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
09/11

1942

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Death

circa September 11, 1942

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Killed in action

Cause of death

Guadulacanal, Solomon Islands in Guadalcanal Province Solomon Islands
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National Memorial Cemetery Of The Pacific Section N Site 374 2177 Puowaina Drive, in Honolulu, Hi 96813
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Edward John Wojdyla lived 51 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 21.

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In 1921, in the year that Edward John Wojdyla was born, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.

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In 1930, when he was only 9 years old, as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.

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