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John Thomas Gent Jr 1933 - 1983

John Thomas Gent Jr of Pensacola, Escambia County, FL was born on May 10, 1933, and died at age 50 years old on July 19, 1983. John Gent was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery Section 35 Site 4539 Naval Air Station, 1 Cemetery Road, in Pensacola.
John Thomas Gent Jr
Pensacola, Escambia County, FL 32501
May 10, 1933
July 19, 1983
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  • 05/10
    1933

    Birthday

    May 10, 1933
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: A1C Wars/Conflicts: Korea
  • 07/19
    1983

    Death

    July 19, 1983
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    Unknown
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    Barrancas National Cemetery Section 35 Site 4539 Naval Air Station, 1 Cemetery Road, in Pensacola, Fl 32508
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In 1933, in the year that John Thomas Gent Jr was born, the day after being inaugurated, the new President, Franklin Roosevelt, declared a four-day bank holiday to stop people from withdrawing their money from shaky banks (the bank run). Within 5 days of his administration, the Emergency Banking Act was passed - reorganizing banks and closing insolvent ones. In his first 100 days, he asked Congress to repeal Prohibition (which they did), signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, signed legislation that paid commodity farmers to leave their fields fallow, thus ending surpluses and boosting prices, signed a bill that gave workers the right to unionize and bargain collectively for higher wages and better working conditions as well as suspending some antitrust laws and establishing a federally funded Public Works Administration, and won passage of 12 other major laws that helped the economy.
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In 1941, he was just 8 years old when on December 7th, the Japanese attacked the military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise aerial attack damaged 8 U.S. battleships (6 later returned to service), including the USS Arizona, and destroyed 188 aircraft. 2,402 American citizens died and 1,178 wounded were wounded. On December 8th, the U.S. declared war on Japan and on December 11th, Germany and Italy (allies of Japan) declared war on the United States. World War II was in full swing.
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