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Ruth C Fossum 1906 - 1987

Ruth C Fossum of Shelton, Mason County, WA was born on June 30, 1906, and died at age 81 years old on November 12, 1987. Ruth Fossum was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section N Site 3136 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or.
Ruth C Fossum
Shelton, Mason County, WA 98584
June 30, 1906
November 12, 1987
Female
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  • 06/30
    1906

    Birthday

    June 30, 1906
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: COL Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 11/12
    1987

    Death

    November 12, 1987
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    Willamette National Cemetery Section N Site 3136 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1906, in the year that Ruth C Fossum was born, President Theodore Roosevelt received the Nobel Prize for Peace. The award was considered controversial at the time because many thought that he was an imperialist. But he had brokered peace between Russia and Japan a year previous and had allowed a dispute between Mexico and the U.S. to go to arbitration, resolving the issue peacefully rather than resorting to military conflict. For these two reasons, the Nobel Prize committee chose him for the Peace Prize.
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In 1941, she was 35 years old when on June 25th, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802, prohibiting racial discrimination in the defense industry. EO 8802 was the first federal action to prohibit employment discrimination - without prejudice as to "race, creed, color, or national origin" - in the U.S. Civil Rights groups had planned a march on Washington D.C. to protest for equal rights but with the signing of the Order, they canceled the March.
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