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Cortez M Puryear 1916 - 1973

Cortez M Puryear was born on May 24, 1916, and died at age 57 years old on December 4, 1973. Cortez Puryear was buried at Baltimore National Cemetery Section A Site 6E 5501 Frederick Avenue, in Baltimore, Md. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Cortez M Puryear.

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    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: PVT
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In 1916, in the year that Cortez M Puryear was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1923, at the age of merely 7 years old, Cortez was alive when Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.
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