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Theodore Richard Matthews 1924 - 2001

Theodore Richard Matthews was born on January 26, 1924, and died at age 77 years old on May 17, 2001. Theodore Matthews was buried at Willamette National Cemetery Section CC Site 2405 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Theodore Richard Matthews.
Theodore Richard Matthews
January 26, 1924
May 17, 2001
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  • 01/26
    1924

    Birthday

    January 26, 1924
    Birthdate
    Unknown
    Birthplace
  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: AMMH2 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 05/17
    2001

    Death

    May 17, 2001
    Death date
    Unknown
    Cause of death
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    Death location
  • Gravesite & Burial

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    Willamette National Cemetery Section CC Site 2405 11800 Se Mt. Scott Boulevard, in Portland, Or 97086
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In 1924, in the year that Theodore Richard Matthews was born, J. Edgar Hoover, at the age of 29, was appointed the sixth director of the Bureau of Investigation by Calvin Coolidge (which later became the Federal Bureau of Investigation). The Bureau had approximately 650 employees, including 441 Special Agents. A former employee of the Justice Department, Hoover accepted his new position on the proviso that the bureau was to be completely divorced from politics and that the director report only to the attorney general.
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In 1942, by the time he was 18 years old, 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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