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Nevin Howard Downs 1942 - 2012

Nevin Howard Downs was born on October 2, 1942, and died at age 69 years old on July 18, 2012. Nevin Downs was buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Section N Row 09 Site 48 7931 Mccrory Lane, in Nashville, Tn. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Nevin Howard Downs.
Nevin Howard Downs
October 2, 1942
July 18, 2012
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  • 10/2
    1942

    Birthday

    October 2, 1942
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Army Rank attained: MAJ Wars/Conflicts: Vietnam
  • 07/18
    2012

    Death

    July 18, 2012
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    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Section N Row 09 Site 48 7931 Mccrory Lane, in Nashville, Tn 37221
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In 1942, in the year that Nevin Howard Downs was born, 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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In 1950, this person was only 8 years old when in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.
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