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Joseph Byrd Willey 1924 - 2012

Joseph Byrd Willey was born on July 19, 1924, and died at age 88 years old on July 22, 2012. Joseph Willey was buried at Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery Section E Row 44 Site 19 6827 East New Market Ellwood Road, in Hurlock, Md. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joseph Byrd Willey.
Joseph Byrd Willey
July 19, 1924
July 22, 2012
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  • 07/19
    1924

    Birthday

    July 19, 1924
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: QM1 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 07/22
    2012

    Death

    July 22, 2012
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery Section E Row 44 Site 19 6827 East New Market Ellwood Road, in Hurlock, Md 21643
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In 1924, in the year that Joseph Byrd Willey was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1944, at the age of 20 years old, Joseph was alive when on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.
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