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William R Edwards 1928 - 2006

William R Edwards of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI was born on October 4, 1928, and died at age 78 years old on October 10, 2006. William Edwards was buried at Southern Wisconsin Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section E Site 534 21731 Spring St, in Union Grove.
William R Edwards
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI 53225
October 4, 1928
October 10, 2006
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  • 10/4
    1928

    Birthday

    October 4, 1928
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    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Air Forces Rank attained: PVT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 10/10
    2006

    Death

    October 10, 2006
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    Unknown
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    Southern Wisconsin Veteran Memorial Cemetery Section E Site 534 21731 Spring St, in Union Grove, Wi 53182
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In 1928, in the year that William R Edwards was born, Mickie Mouse was born! He first appeared in Disney's Steamboat Willie, along with Minnie. Although they were in two previous shorts, this was the first to be distributed. Steamboat Willie took advantage of the new technology and was a "talkie" - music was coordinated with the animation. It became the most popular cartoon of its day.
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In 1942, he was only 14 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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