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Josephine S Benedict 1920 - 2010

Josephine S Benedict of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL was born on October 5, 1920, and died at age 89 years old on September 19, 2010. Josephine Benedict was buried at Florida National Cemetery Section 129 Site 271 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell.
Josephine S Benedict
Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, FL 33317
October 5, 1920
September 19, 2010
Female
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  • 10/5
    1920

    Birthday

    October 5, 1920
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    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: LT COL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea, Vietnam
  • 09/19
    2010

    Death

    September 19, 2010
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    Florida National Cemetery Section 129 Site 271 6502 Sw. 102nd Ave., in Bushnell, Fl 33513
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In 1920, in the year that Josephine S Benedict was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1942, at the age of 22 years old, Josephine was alive when 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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