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Rita D Colson 1942 - 2005

Rita D Colson of Vancouver, Clark County, WA was born on October 19, 1942, and died at age 62 years old on September 25, 2005. Rita Colson was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section JJ Site 99 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or.
Rita D Colson
Vancouver, Clark County, WA 98683
October 19, 1942
September 25, 2005
Female
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  • 10/19
    1942

    Birthday

    October 19, 1942
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: SGT Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 09/25
    2005

    Death

    September 25, 2005
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Willamette National Cemetery Section JJ Site 99 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1942, in the year that Rita D Colson 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 1954, when she was just 12 years old, on May 17th, the Supreme Court released a decision on Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The ruling stated that state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional thus paving the way for integration in schools.
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