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| #2963847 in eBooks | 2005-02-23 | 2005-02-23 | File type: PDF||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Enjoyed the history...|By Darthula28|Loved reading about the Filipino community in Vallejo. My parents were included with a friend Gene Marques who took us to Methodist Church suppers. He had three daughters & my family had three girls too. Dad & Gene worked together at Mare Island. So, wanted to see if he was included. Many pictures do not have all the names of all persons in|About the Author|Author and lecturer Mel Orpilla corrects that oversight with this fascinating insider’s look at the Filipino community in Vallejo. A second-generation Filipino American, founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society of Valle
Filipinos came to Vallejo as early as 1912, and some families here can count five generations back to their roots in the Philippines. Many came to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where Filipinos found steady, well-paying jobs that spared them from menial work and stoop labor in the fields of California. With each major conflict of the 20th century, and finally with the relaxation of immigration quotas in 1965, waves of Filipino newcomers arrived on these shores. They advance...
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