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Harry Lewis Melrath 1933 - 2019

Harry Lewis Melrath was born on October 2, 1933 at Kennett Square in Holiday, Florida United States to Lewis Melrath and Elizabeth Betty (Manley) Melrath, and had a sister Louise Crawford. Harry Melrath died at age 85 years old on May 19, 2019 in Holiday.
Harry Lewis Melrath
October 2, 1933
Kennett Square in Holiday, Florida, 34690, United States
May 19, 2019
Holiday, Florida, 34690, United States
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    Harry was a Korean War veteran. He served in the USN as a BT. He was stationed in Norfolk Virginia on the USS Antietam CV 36. He also was stationed on the USS Yorktown CV 5.
  • 10/2
    1933

    Birthday

    October 2, 1933
    Birthdate
    Kennett Square in Holiday, Florida 34690, United States
    Birthplace
  • 05/19
    2019

    Death

    May 19, 2019
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Holiday, Florida 34690, United States
    Death location
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    Harry Lewis Melrath lived 11 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.
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In 1933, in the year that Harry Lewis Melrath was born, on March 4th, Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the 32nd President of the United States. He was elected four times (equaled by no other President) and guided the United States through the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl, and World War 2. His wife was his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt's niece) who President Truman called "First Lady of the World". Some of the major programs that survive from his presidency are the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Wagner Act (The National Labor Relations Act of 1935) , the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Social Security.
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In 1942, Harry was just 9 years old when 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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