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Willie Land 1927 - 2006

Willie Land of Chester, Chester County, South Carolina was born on September 16, 1927, and died at age 78 years old on May 25, 2006.
Willie Land
Chester, Chester County, South Carolina 29706
September 16, 1927
May 25, 2006
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  • 09/16
    1927

    Birthday

    September 16, 1927
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Negro, Citizen
  • Nationality & Locations

    Chester County, South Carolina United States
  • Early Life & Education

    1 Year Of High School
  • Military Service

    Military serial#: 44186877 Enlisted: March 9, 1946 in Ft Bragg North Carolina Military branch: Air Corps Rank: Private, Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, And Enlisted Men) Terms of enlistment: Enlistment For Hawaiian Department
  • 05/25
    2006

    Death

    May 25, 2006
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
    Unknown
    Death location
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In 1927, in the year that Willie Land was born, 10 years after the United States bought the U.S. Virgin Islands from the Danish government, the inhabitants were granted U.S. citizenship. While they can vote in congressional elections and presidential primaries, they cannot vote for President.
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In 1942, Willie was merely 15 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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Willie Land's Family Tree & Friends

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