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Gordon Joseph Besson 1919 - 2006

Gordon Joseph Besson of Shalimar, Okaloosa County, FL was born on September 15, 1919, and died at age 87 years old on October 19, 2006. Gordon Besson was buried at Barrancas National Cemetery Section 51 Site 798 Naval Air Station, 1 Cemetery Road, in Pensacola.
Gordon Joseph Besson
Shalimar, Okaloosa County, FL 32579
September 15, 1919
October 19, 2006
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Gordon Joseph Besson's History: 1919 - 2006

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  • 09/15
    1919

    Birthday

    September 15, 1919
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    Unknown
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Air Force Rank attained: MSGT Wars/Conflicts: Korea, Vietnam
  • 10/19
    2006

    Death

    October 19, 2006
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Barrancas National Cemetery Section 51 Site 798 Naval Air Station, 1 Cemetery Road, in Pensacola, Fl 32508
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In 1919, in the year that Gordon Joseph Besson was born, Indian lawyer Mahatma Gandhi initiated the Satyagraha campaigns, beginning the nonviolent resistance movement against British rule of India. Satyagraha means "holding onto truth" and the campaign for India independence, which was eventually obtained, called for "self-suffering" rather than inflicting suffering (i.e., violence) on others.
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In 1943, by the time he was 24 years old, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.
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