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Harry Manley Peterson 1922 - 2006

Harry M Peterson of Keokuk, Lee County, IA was born on December 2, 1922, and died at age 83 years old on September 1, 2006. Harry Peterson was buried at Keokuk National Cemetery Section J Site 443 1701 J Street, in Keokuk.
Harry M Peterson
Keokuk, Lee County, IA 52632
December 2, 1922
September 1, 2006
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  • 12/2
    1922

    Birthday

    December 2, 1922
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: TEC 5 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 09/1
    2006

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    September 1, 2006
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    Keokuk National Cemetery Section J Site 443 1701 J Street, in Keokuk, Ia 52632
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In 1922, in the year that Harry Manley Peterson was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1942, Harry was 20 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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