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John Sartor Bowen 1920 - 2012

John Sartor Bowen was born on April 2, 1920, and died at age 92 years old on May 1, 2012. John Bowen was buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section 13B Site 31 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio, Tx. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Sartor Bowen.
John Sartor Bowen
April 2, 1920
May 1, 2012
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  • 04/2
    1920

    Birthday

    April 2, 1920
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: CAPT Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii, Korea, Vietnam
  • 05/1
    2012

    Death

    May 1, 2012
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    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery Section 13B Site 31 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, in San Antonio, Tx 78209
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In 1920, in the year that John Sartor Bowen was born, on January 1, over 6000 people were arrested and put in prison because they were suspected of being communists. . Many had to be released in a few weeks and only 3 guns were found in their homes. The U.S. Department of Justice "red hunt" netted thousands of "radicals" and suspected "communists" and aliens were deported. But the "hunt" ended after Attorney General Palmer forecast a massive radical uprising on May Day and the day passed without incident.
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In 1943, when he was 23 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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