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- 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...
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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 ...
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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...
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- Text: ... don’t belong here, that are not Puerto Rican -- we want them wiped out. So, we had an organized riot. Some of the Vietnam veterans synchronized their watches, and everybody took windows and bricks from all the way from Larrabee to Racine and Armitage, and we busted all the windows that w...