When Raymond Faye Buffington was born on 1 February 1941, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, his father, Alfred Raymond Buffington, was 42 and his mother, Inez Fay Cecil, was 38. He lived in Boise, Idaho, United States in 1953. He died on 13 April 2007, at the age of 66.
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Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.
Altered form of English Bovington .
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