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William Thomas Drake Jr 1933 - 2008

William Thomas Drake Jr of Vacaville, Solano County, CA was born on July 20, 1933, and died at age 74 years old on April 20, 2008. William Drake was buried at Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Section COL-1 Row A Site 92-B 5810 Midway Road, in Dixon.
William Thomas Drake Jr
Vacaville, Solano County, CA 95687
July 20, 1933
April 20, 2008
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  • 07/20
    1933

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    July 20, 1933
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    Branch of service: Us Air Force Wars/Conflicts: Korea
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    April 20, 2008
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    Sacramento Valley National Cemetery Section COL-1 Row A Site 92-B 5810 Midway Road, in Dixon, Ca 95620
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In 1933, in the year that William Thomas Drake Jr was born, Frances Perkins became the first woman to hold a cabinet-level position, appointed by President Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him that her priorities would be a 40-hour work week, a minimum wage, unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, direct federal aid to the states for unemployment relief, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. President Roosevelt approved of all of them and most them were implemented during his terms as President. She served until his death in 1945.
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In 1944, when he was merely 11 years old, on June 6th, the largest amphibious invasion in history was launched - the Normandy landing (called D-Day). Soldiers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and the Free French landed on Normandy Beach and were later joined by Poland, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and the Netherlands. Almost 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers were involved. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on D-Day - Allied casualties on the first day were at least 10,000. 4,414 were confirmed dead.
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