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Merle Maggard 1916 - 1983

Merle Maggard of Bronx, Bronx County, New York was born on June 5, 1916, and died at age 67 years old in November 1983.
Merle Maggard
Bronx, Bronx County, New York 10467
June 5, 1916
November 1983
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Merle Maggard's History: 1916 - 1983

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  • 06/5
    1916

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    June 5, 1916
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  • 11/dd
    1983

    Death

    November 1983
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    Merle Maggard lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1916, in the year that Merle Maggard was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1942, when he was 26 years old, 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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