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Walter Petriw 1931 - 1998

Walter Petriw of Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ was born on July 21, 1931, and died at age 67 years old on November 10, 1998.
Walter Petriw
Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ 85044
July 21, 1931
November 10, 1998
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  • 07/21
    1931

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    July 21, 1931
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  • 11/10
    1998

    Death

    November 10, 1998
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    Walter Petriw lived 9 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1931, in the year that Walter Petriw was born, in March, “The Star Spangled Banner” officially became the national anthem by congressional resolution. Other songs had previously been used - among them, "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", "God Bless America", and "America the Beautiful". There was fierce debate about making "The Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem - Southerners and veterans organizations supported it, pacifists and educators opposed it.
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In 1942, at the age of only 11 years old, Walter 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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