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Native-born sons are not quickly forgotten, even though they adopt new homes.

Carroll Wyckoff, whose parents were Samuel and Pearl Wyckoff, was born in Watsonville about 1899 into a prominent local family. He spent his early years in the Pajaro…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

A newspaper heading "Dies at Camp Bowie" announced the end of a former local clerk.

Charles Henry Pappassi was born April 13, 1889, in Santa Cruz, California, to Paul and Martha Pappassi. Paul was an orchardist who, with his wife, two sons and…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"Roy" was unable to send home his promised gifts for everyone.

Charles L. Garretty, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Garretty, was born in Santa Cruz, California on November 2, 1893. Charles, who soon acquired the nickname "Roy," resided in the…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"A Greek of Davenport in the Casualty Lists for Today" declared the Santa Cruz Surf.

Christ Eustratios Ciges was born in Mythlene Pimpeli, Greece, on February 2, 1889, and remained in that community during his formative years. The date of his…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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"Our first gold star boy" was the title given Clair Parker by his classmates in their 1919 Santa Cruz High School Trident yearbook.

Clair Cecil Parker was born in South Dakota about 1896 to Louis and Katie Parker and moved to Santa Cruz with his…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

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Clarence, the son of former Kansas State Representative A. J. Corey of Fort Worth, Kansas, was born about 1888 and moved to Santa Cruz, California with his family in 1913.

When World War I began, Corey immediately enlisted in the army and was…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

Clyde Clausen was Santa Cruz County's sole "leatherneck" death in World War I.

Clyde Laurence Clausen was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 23, 1894. Information regarding his family and connection with the county has not been found. He was…

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Source: Remembering our own: the Santa Cruz County military roll of honor 1861-2010. Santa Cruz, CA: The Museum of Art & History, c2010.
Type: OBIT

CF-20191003-Company L heads for the border0001.PDF

Date: 1977-11-12
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian
Type: NEWS

CF-20200306-Company L stood strong during 1916 cri0001.PDF
Company L of the National Guard

Date: 2008-02-14
Source: Register-Pajaronian
Type: NEWS

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Crowd at Santa Cruz's Union Depot (?) seeing off troops who are going overseas.

Date: 1917
Type: PHOTO

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