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Gus Pruitt Yarbrough 1923 - 2010

Gus Pruitt Yarbrough of Chicago, Cook County, IL was born on April 14, 1923, and died at age 87 years old on June 19, 2010. Gus Yarbrough was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 5 Site 1323 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood.
Gus Pruitt Yarbrough
Chicago, Cook County, IL 60643
April 14, 1923
June 19, 2010
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  • 04/14
    1923

    Birthday

    April 14, 1923
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 06/19
    2010

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    June 19, 2010
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    Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 5 Site 1323 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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In 1923, in the year that Gus Pruitt Yarbrough was born, the Teapot Dome scandal became the subject of an investigation by Senator Walsh and severely damaged the reputation of the Harding administration. Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies and became the first Cabinet member to go to prison. At the time, the Teapot Dome scandal was seen as "greatest and most sensational scandal in the history of American politics".
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In 1942, when he was 19 years old, 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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