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Walter B Jr Leonard 1919 - 2006

Walter B Jr Leonard of Winter Haven, Polk County, FL was born on May 28, 1919, and died at age 86 years old on April 8, 2006.
Walter B Jr Leonard
Winter Haven, Polk County, FL 33881
May 28, 1919
April 8, 2006
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Walter B Jr Leonard's History: 1919 - 2006

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  • 05/28
    1919

    Birthday

    May 28, 1919
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    White, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    St Johns County, Florida United States
  • Early Life & Education

    4 Years Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 20452266 Enlisted: October 10, 1940 in St Augustine Florida Military branch: Detached Enlisted Men's List Rank: Private, National Guard (officers, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men)
  • Professional Career

    Clerks, General Office
  • 04/8
    2006

    Death

    April 8, 2006
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1919, in the year that Walter B Jr Leonard was born, in the summer and early autumn, race riots erupted in 26 U.S. cities, resulting in hundreds of deaths and even more people being badly hurt. In most cases, African-Americans were the victims. It was called the "Red Summer". Men who were returning from World War I needed jobs and there was competition for those jobs among the races. Tension was heightened by the use by many companies of blacks as strikebreakers.
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In 1942, he was 23 years old 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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