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Rita R Martinez 1927 - 2009

Rita R Martinez of Chamberino, Dona Ana County, NM was born on May 17, 1927, and died at age 82 years old on October 5, 2009. Rita Martinez was buried at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section A-A Site 1487 P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego, Ca.
Rita R Martinez
Chamberino, Dona Ana County, NM 88027
May 17, 1927
October 5, 2009
Female
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  • 05/17
    1927

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    May 17, 1927
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    2009

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    October 5, 2009
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    Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section A-A Site 1487 P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego, Ca 92166
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In 1927, in the year that Rita R Martinez was born, the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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In 1942, at the age of just 15 years old, Rita was alive 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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