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Lewis Walker 1924 - 2009

Lewis Walker of Sumter, Sumter County, SC was born on January 9, 1924, and died at age 85 years old on November 18, 2009.
Lewis Walker
Sumter, Sumter County, SC 29150
January 9, 1924
November 18, 2009
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Lewis Walker's History: 1924 - 2009

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  • 01/9
    1924

    Birthday

    January 9, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Berkeley County, South Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 44092305 Enlisted: June 14, 1945 in Ft Jackson Columbia South Carolina Military branch: No Branch Assignment 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 Construction Occupations, Nec
  • 11/18
    2009

    Death

    November 18, 2009
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1924, in the year that Lewis Walker 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 1942, he was 18 years old 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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