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Papa with Mama and Uncle Silverio, newly arrived in the United States, September 1929. Mama and Papa’s wedding picture, November 29, 1929. Papa, Hawaii, circa 1925. Peter Jamero, three years old, 1933. Meeting of the Sons of Garcia-Hernandez of the U.S.A., a mutual assistance organization. Papa is in the third row, wearing the jaunty cap. In the second row (left to right) are Jean and Helen Galanida, sitting on the laps of their parents, Uncle Usting and Aunt Emma; and Jimmy Galanida, who is next to Uncle Canuto Galindez. Uncle Doloy Pagaran is at the left end of the front row; Uncle Onsing Alaan is kneeling at the right. Peter Jamero is kneeling in front. Salinas, California, December 25, 1939. The Jameros. (Left to right) Junior, Herb, Pula, Mama, George, and Peter. Livingston, California, circa early 1940s. The Jameros at Maeda’s place. (Left to right) Herb, Pula, Peter holding George, and Junior. Livingston, California, 1939. The “campo” that housed the eight-person Jamero family and more than one hundred Filipino farmworkers. The family house is at the bottom left corner, and workers were housed in the three-level converted barn and the buildings flanking it. Livingston, California, circa 1940s. The sabong (cockfight), the Manong Generation’s favorite weekend pastime, is legal in the Philippines but illegal in the United States. Courtesy of Herb Jamero. Filipino workers pose in the peat dirt of an asparagus field, in Stockton, California, circa 1930s. Uncle Onsing Alaan (front row, far left) holds an asparagus bunch. In a few weeks, many in this crew would return to the Jamero camp in Livingston to harvest peach, grape, and almond orchards. From Filipinos: Forgotten Asian Americans; courtesy of Fred Cordova. High school pals Bob O’Dell (far left) and Clyde Collard (third from left), tennis coach and favorite teacher George Smith, with Bert Stinson, April 1948. Graduation day, June 10, 1948, just ten days before Jamero enlisted in the U.S. Navy On a weekend pass after boot camp, with (left to right) Bob O’Dell, Joe Lema, Bob Bettencourt, Peter Jamero, and Tony Amarant. Livingston, California, September 1948. Among the rubble of war-torn Inchon, Korea, 1951. Peter Jamero, Yeoman, Second Class. San Diego, California, 1951. First Jamero family portrait. Back row (left to right): George, Herb, Pula, Junior, and Peter; front row: Luna, Joe, and Titi, with Papa and Mama. Livingston, California, December 1951. Terri and Peter Jamero. Livingston, California, January 2, 1954. Peter Jamero receiving his BA degree from San Jose State College, with Mama, Karen, and Pula. San Jose, California, September 2, 1955. Peter and Terri Jamero with Peter Jr., Cheryl, and Karen in front of Veterans Housing unit. Los Angeles, June 5, 1957. Peter Jamero on the job as an adoption worker, with assigned Sacramento County car, September 1957. Peter Jamero, chief of the Division of Special Services, with staff member Sara Cory. Courtesy of Sacramento Union, August 19, 1962. Jamero family at the San Francisco International Airport en route to Washington, D.C., August 1966. Left to right: Cheryl, Jeanine, Julie, Jackie, Terri, Peter, and Karen. High school classmate Pat Suzuki (second from right, top row), who starred on Broadway in Flower Drum Song, visiting the Jamero family in Falls Church, Virginia, 1967. Stanford Public Affairs Fellowship Program, Class of 1969-70. Peter Jamero is third from left and Dr. Eric Hutchinson, faculty director, is far right in the front row. Bill Babby and Tony Elias, Jamero’s closest friends among the Fellows, are the first two from left in the back row. Stanford University, 1970 Bob Santos wearing a dashiki. Seattle, 1971. (Left to right) Young Turks Tony Ogilvie, Sonny Tangalin, Peter Jamero, Dale Tiffany, Peter Bacho, John Ragudos, Larry Flores, Bob Flor, and Roy Flores (kneeling). Seattle, 1971. Dorothy and Fred Cordova, the Young Turks’ major link to the Filipino community establishment. Young Turk women and friends. (Left to right): Jeannette Tiffany, Dorothy Cordova, Becky Flores, Betty Ragudos, Pilar Quintero, Terri Jamero, Evelyn Zapata, and Angie Flores. Seattle, 1971. Peter and Terri’s passport picture, May 1971. Mama and Papa’s church wedding, with (from left) Aunt Feling and Uncle Pastor Jamero and Luna, Terri and Peter Jamero. Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines, July 1971. Peter Jamero, director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and assistant secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services. Seattle, December 1971. With Governor Dan Evans in Olympia, Washington, 1973. As a member of the mayor’s Official...

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