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James W Thornton 1942 - 2003

James W Thornton of Decatur, Morgan County, AL was born on September 1, 1942, and died at age 60 years old on April 15, 2003.
James W Thornton
Decatur, Morgan County, AL 35601
September 1, 1942
April 15, 2003
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  • 09/1
    1942

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    September 1, 1942
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  • 04/15
    2003

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    April 15, 2003
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    James W Thornton lived 11 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 60.
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In 1942, in the year that James W Thornton 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 only 8 years old, James was alive when on June 25th, the Korean War began when North Korean Communist forces crossed the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union and China backed North Korea and the U.N., primarily the United States backed South Korea.
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