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Bessie J Mccray 1938 - 2003

Bessie J McCray of Joliet, Will County, IL was born on November 22, 1938, and died at age 64 years old on May 25, 2003. Bessie McCray was buried at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 1 Site 2347 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood.

Bessie J McCray

Joliet, Will County, IL 60432

November 22, 1938

May 25, 2003

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11/22

1938

Birthday

November 22, 1938

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Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PFC Wars/Conflicts: Korea
05/25

2003

Death

May 25, 2003

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Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Section 1 Site 2347 20953 West Hoff Road, in Elwood, Il 60421
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Bessie J Mccray lived 4 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 64.

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In 1938, in the year that Bessie J Mccray was born, on June 25th (a Saturday) the Fair Labor Standards Act was signed into law by President Roosevelt (along with 120 other bills). The Act banned oppressive child labor, set the minimum hourly wage at 25 cents, and established the maximum workweek at 44 hours. It faced a lot of opposition and in fighting for it, Roosevelt said "Do not let any calamity-howling executive with an income of $1,000 a day, ...tell you...that a wage of $11 a week is going to have a disastrous effect on all American industry."

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In 1943, at the age of just 5 years old, Bessie was alive when on September 3rd, the Armistice of Cassibile was signed in Sicily. Under the terms of the Armistice, Italy surrendered to the Allied Powers. After the Armistice was made public on September 8th, Germany attacked and occupied Italy. It took 20 months of fighting for the Allies to reach the northern borders of Italy.

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