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Samuel Melvin 1916 - 2007

Samuel Melvin of Hampton, Hampton City County, VA was born on September 27, 1916, and died at age 90 years old on May 12, 2007.
Samuel Melvin
Hampton, Hampton City County, VA 23661
September 27, 1916
May 12, 2007
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  • 09/27
    1916

    Birthday

    September 27, 1916
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Warwick County, Virginia United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 33094979 Enlisted: June 12, 1941 in Richmond Virginia Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa Rank: Private, Selectees (enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Unskilled Occupations In Building Transportation Equipment (except Automobiles And Aircraft), N.e.c.
  • 05/12
    2007

    Death

    May 12, 2007
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
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In 1916, in the year that Samuel Melvin 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 1938, he was 22 years old when on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."
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