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Elia Contreras Torres 1916 - 1969

Elia Contreras Torres was born on April 26, 1916, and died at age 53 years old on July 21, 1969. Elia Torres was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section V Site 1187 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio, Tx. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elia Contreras Torres.

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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
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In 1916, in the year that Elia Contreras Torres was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1925, at the age of merely 9 years old, Elia was alive when gangster Al "Scarface" Capone took over the Chicago bootlegging racket at age 26. Previously right hand man to boss Johnny Torrio, Capone took over when Torrio was shot and severely injured and decided to resign. The bootlegging and brothel organization was massive and when asked what he did, Capone often replied "I am just a businessman, giving the people what they want".
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