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Melvin A Turpin 1942 - 1991

Melvin A Turpin was born on July 16, 1942, and died at age 48 years old on June 24, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Melvin A Turpin.

Melvin A Turpin

July 16, 1942

June 24, 1991

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1942

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July 16, 1942

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06/24

1991

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June 24, 1991

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Melvin A Turpin lived 23 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 48.

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In 1942, in the year that Melvin A Turpin was born, 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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In 1958, at the age of 16 years old, Melvin was alive when on January 31st, Explorer I, the United States' answer to Sputnik I (and 2,) was launched. America had entered the Space Race. The first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt, it remained in orbit until 1970.

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