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John William Leathem 1933 - 2011

John William Leathem of Middletown, Newport County, RI was born on September 5, 1933, and died at age 77 years old on February 7, 2011. John Leathem was buried at Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section J-6 Row 1 Site 12 301 South County Trail, in Exeter.
John William Leathem
Middletown, Newport County, RI 02842
September 5, 1933
February 7, 2011
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  • 09/5
    1933

    Birthday

    September 5, 1933
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: YN1 Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 02/7
    2011

    Death

    February 7, 2011
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    Rhode Island Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section J-6 Row 1 Site 12 301 South County Trail, in Exeter, Ri 02822
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In 1933, in the year that John William Leathem was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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In 1945, he was merely 12 years old when on August 15th, Imperial Japan announced its surrender. On September 2nd, a formal agreement of surrender was signed. Japan and nine other states signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender in Tokyo Bay, calling for the return of all Allied prisoners of war and subordinating the authority of the emperor and the Japanese government to the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. VJ (Victory in Japan) Day was celebrated in the United States on August 14th and 15th. World War II was over.
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