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Willie F Edwards 1919 - 2006

Willie F Edwards of Shreveport, Caddo County, LA was born on December 25, 1919, and died at age 86 years old on October 13, 2006.
Willie F Edwards
Shreveport, Caddo County, LA 71103
December 25, 1919
October 13, 2006
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  • 12/25
    1919

    Birthday

    December 25, 1919
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Sabine County, Louisiana United States
  • Early Life & Education

    Grammar School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 38163600 Enlisted: November 9, 1945 in Whitefish Montana Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • Professional Career

    Showmen
  • 10/13
    2006

    Death

    October 13, 2006
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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In 1919, in the year that Willie F Edwards 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 1944, he was 25 years old when 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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