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Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive

First Filipino Infantry

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Title

First Filipino Infantry

Description

A photograph of members of the First Filipino Infantry Regiment likely taken at Fort Ord or Hunter Ligget in California. Bob Mariano Sr. is in the front row, third in. He was a Sergeant (SO). According to his son Bobby, Bob Mariano first served in New Guinea and was in charge of 300 Japanese prisoners.

Creator

unknown

Date

c.1941/2

Contributor

Bobby Mariano

Rights

Watsonville is in the Heart (WIITH) is a community-driven public history initiative to preserve and uplift stories of Filipino migration and labor in the city of Watsonville and greater Pajaro Valley. Images were donated and digitally reproduced from private collections of individuals and families. Copyright remains with original owners. All images included herein are intended for personal or educational use only. Any reproduction, redistribution, publication, or other use, by any means, without prior written permission is prohibited. Please note that the images on this website are not included at their full resolution. For permission to publish or reproduce and for higher resolution files, please contact the project director at wiith@ucsc.edu . If you are the rightful copyright holder of this item and its use online constitutes an infringement of your copyright, please contact the project director to discuss its removal from the archive.

Format

20x8

Type

Still Image

Identifier

MAR.2022.2

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photograph

Files

MAR.2022.2jpeg.jpeg
MAR.2022.2.2.jpeg

Citation

unknown , “First Filipino Infantry,” Watsonville is in the Heart: Community Digital Archive, accessed November 7, 2024, https://wiith-archive.ucsc.edu/items/show/930.

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