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Gilbert Smith 1942 - 1965

Gilbert Smith was born on February 27, 1942, and died at age 23 years old on August 24, 1965. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gilbert Smith.
Gilbert Smith
February 27, 1942
August 24, 1965
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  • 02/27
    1942

    Birthday

    February 27, 1942
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  • 08/24
    1965

    Death

    August 24, 1965
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Gilbert Smith lived 49 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 23.
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In 1942, in the year that Gilbert Smith was born, 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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In 1950, at the age of just 8 years old, Gilbert was alive when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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