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Virginia Derr (1916 - 2008)
Virginia Derr was born on July 20, 1916. She died on January 19, 2008 at 91 years of age. We know that Virginia Derr had been residing in Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington.
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1916 - In the year that Virginia Derr 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.
1919 - By the time she was merely 3 years old, in Norfolk Virginia, the first rotary dial telephones were introduced by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), making it easier to make a call without an operator.
1955 - She was 39 years old when on September 10th the TV show "Gunsmoke" debuted on CBS. It went on to be television's longest-running western. Matt Dillon, Chester, Doc Adams, and Miss Kitty became household names.
1965 - By the time she was 49 years old, on March 8th, the first US combat troops arrived in Vietnam. The 3500 Marines joined 23,000 "advisors" already in South Vietnam. By the end of the year, 190,000 American soldiers were in the country.
1977 - When she was 61 years old, on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.
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Virginia Derr died on January 19, 2008 at 91 years old. No cause of death has been listed. She was born on July 20, 1916. We are unaware of information about Virginia's family. We know that Virginia Derr had been residing in Ridgefield, Clark County, Washington.Memories
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