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Merle L Reed 1920 - 2005

Merle L Reed of Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ was born on March 30, 1920, and died at age 85 years old on December 1, 2005. Merle Reed was buried at National Memorial Cemetery Of Arizona Section C1 Row A Site 46 23029 North Cave Creek Road, in Phoenix.
Merle L Reed
Mesa, Maricopa County, AZ 85206
March 30, 1920
December 1, 2005
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  • 03/30
    1920

    Birthday

    March 30, 1920
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: CPL Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 12/1
    2005

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    December 1, 2005
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    National Memorial Cemetery Of Arizona Section C1 Row A Site 46 23029 North Cave Creek Road, in Phoenix, Az 85024
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In 1920, in the year that Merle L Reed was born, on November 2, radio station KDKA began broadcasting in Pittsburgh, PA. This was the first commercial radio broadcast in the United States. Westinghouse, a leading manufacturer of radios and the backer of the station, chose the date because of the Presidential election. People liked it because they could hear about the results of the election between Harding and Cox before the morning papers arrived. Four years later, there were 600 commercial stations broadcasting in the U.S.
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In 1943, Merle was 23 years old when on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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