Before Our Dream Came True
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An immigrant nurse recalls the hurdles he had to overcome in order to settle in the United States.
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A Girls’ Soccer Clinic Kicks Off in Dumaguete
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A Fil-Am women’s soccer player shares her skills with aspiring young girl players in Dumaguete City, Philippines.
How My Filipino Catholic Roots Sustained Me Through Breast Cancer
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A cancer patient’s deeply rooted Catholic faith makes her realize that “even in the darkest valleys, we are never, ever alone.”
Read MoreFrom Yellow Footprints to Parade Deck: My Marine Corps Boot Camp, 1965
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Historian Alex Fabros Jr. recalls his journey from farm work to US Marine boot camp.
Read MoreStriking in Delano, Getting Drafted By Uncle Sam
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Fil-Am historian, farm worker, Marine Alex Fabros Jr. recalls the beginning of the famous grape strike in Delano, California before he was drafted for the Vietnam War.
Read MoreHarvesting Grape in Coachella, Weekends in L.A.
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Historian, soldier, farm worker Alex Fabros Jr. recalls weekdays of grape harvesting in the desert heat and weekends of romance in the big city.
Read MoreA Tribute to Our Manongs and Manangs
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This poem was written by Alex S. Fabros Jr., a retired Philippine American Military History professor who was one of our honorees in last year's tribute to manongs and manangs.
Read MoreCutting Asparagus in Gonzales, California — Spring 1965
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Farmworker-Soldier-Historian Alex Fabros, Jr. shares the second part of his Filipino American memoir.
Read MoreWinter in the Imperial Valley: Lettuce Season, 1965
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Farmworker-Soldier-Historian Alex Fabros, Jr. shares the first part of his Filipino American memoir.
Read MoreNinoy Is Dead, 1983
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A fraternity brother of the late Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. recalls the impact of the latter’s political assassination on his life as a graduate student/journalist in the US.
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