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Jack W Purdy 1915 - 1993

Jack W Purdy of Mountain Iron, Saint Louis County, MN was born on April 7, 1915, and died at age 78 years old on August 2, 1993.
Jack W Purdy
Mountain Iron, Saint Louis County, MN 55768
April 7, 1915
August 2, 1993
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Jack W Purdy's History: 1915 - 1993

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  • 04/7
    1915

    Birthday

    April 7, 1915
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    St Louis County, Minnesota United States
  • Early Life & Education

    2 Years Of College
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 17021392 Enlisted: March 28, 1941 in Duluth Minnesota Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Mechanics And Repairmen, Airplane
  • 08/2
    1993

    Death

    August 2, 1993
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1915, in the year that Jack W Purdy was born, the Germans first used poison gas as a weapon at the second Battle of Ypres during World War I. While noxious gases had been used since ancient times, this was the first use of poisonous gas - in this case, lethal chlorine gas - in modern war. Subsequently, the French and British - as well as the United States when they entered World War 1 - developed and used lethal gas in war.
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In 1942, he was 27 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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