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John A Torza 1922 - 2001

John A Torza of East Hartford, Hartford County, CT was born on June 24, 1922, and died at age 78 years old on January 26, 2001.
John A Torza
East Hartford, Hartford County, CT 06108
June 24, 1922
January 26, 2001
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John A Torza's History: 1922 - 2001

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  • 06/24
    1922

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    June 24, 1922
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  • 01/26
    2001

    Death

    January 26, 2001
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    John A Torza lived 5 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 78.
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In 1922, in the year that John A Torza was born, on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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In 1942, he was 20 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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