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John Ritsema 1920 - 2006

John Ritsema of Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, MI was born on May 11, 1920, and died at age 85 years old on March 28, 2006.

John Ritsema

Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, MI 48236

May 11, 1920

March 28, 2006

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05/11

1920

Birthday

May 11, 1920

Birthdate

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Ethnicity & Family History

White, Citizen
Nationality & Locations

Kent County, Michigan United States
Early Life & Education

Grammar School
Military Service

Military serial#: 36414899 Enlisted: December 17, 1942 in Kalamazoo Michigan Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For The Duration Of The War Or Other Emergency, Plus Six Months, Subject To The Discretion Of The President Or Otherwise According To Law
Professional Career

Unskilled Foundry Occupations, N.e.c.
03/28

2006

Death

March 28, 2006

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Cause of death

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John Ritsema lived 10 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 85.

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In 1920, in the year that John Ritsema was born, Italian born factory worker Nicola Sacco and fish peddler Bartolomeo Vanzetti were picked up by police on May 5th in connection with the April 15th murder and robbery of a guard and a paymaster at the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in South Braintree, Mass. Although in later years they were thought to be innocent, they were anarchists and were convicted of the crime and put to death.

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In 1942, by the time he was 22 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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