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Franklin J Preston 1922 - 2006

Franklin J Preston of Somerset, Somerset County, PA was born on September 1, 1922, and died at age 84 years old on September 30, 2006. Franklin Preston was buried at West Virginia National Cemetery Section 5 Site 126 42 Veterans Memorial Lane, in Grafton, Wv.
Franklin J Preston
Somerset, Somerset County, PA 15501
September 1, 1922
September 30, 2006
Male
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  • 09/1
    1922

    Birthday

    September 1, 1922
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: BM2C Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 09/30
    2006

    Death

    September 30, 2006
    Death date
    Unknown
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    West Virginia National Cemetery Section 5 Site 126 42 Veterans Memorial Lane, in Grafton, Wv 26354
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In 1922, in the year that Franklin J Preston was born, from October 22nd - 29th, 3,000 men of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party marched on Rome. (Mussolini waited in Milan, he did not participate in the March.) The day after the March Mussolini went to Rome and the King of Italy handed over power to Mussolini, in part because he was supported by the military, the business class, and the right-wing factions of Italy.
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In 1943, at the age of 21 years old, Franklin was alive when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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