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Alfredo Matias video interview and biography

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  • Subject: Veterans--Personal narratives
  • Text: ...The expulsion from the military has caused him much suffering, including being denied any veteran’s benefits. Mr. Matias grew up in Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico. SabanaSeca is a barrio of Tao Baja, 14 miles west of San Juan. It used to house primarily a pineapple and grapefruit plantation cal...
Rainbow Coalition Panel, October 23rd, 2016 (Oakland California Museum)

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  • Text: ...  that  is   what  he  spoke  growing  up.    During  World  War  II  Navajo  US  veterans  were  called  code  talkers   because  they  could  infiltrate  the  Japanese  and  speak  in  their  native ...
Carlos Flores video interview and transcript

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  • Text: ...It was called [El Posto Boricua?]. And it was an army, VA post center, you know, for the army veterans. A lot of the veterans that went to Korea that were veterans. JJ: Puerto Rican veterans? CF: Puerto Rican veterans, right, that went there. As a mat...