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Andrea Pistone was Santa Cruz County's first listed World War I death.

Andrea, the second son of Nichol and Genrichetta Pistone, was born in Pianipaludo, Italy, near Genoa about 1898. He and his brother Giobrata accompanied their parents 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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Andres Perez joined the US Marine Corps for discipline, camaraderie and as a means of obtaining a college education.

Andres Hilarioestra Perez was born in Santa Cruz, California, on July 1, 1983, to Hipolito and Yolanda Perez and was raised in…

Date: Undated
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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Anthony Pike made contact with a live wire connection.

Anthony Pike was born in Minnesota on March 22, 1918. His mother's name was Mary Lou. In 1924, the family moved to the Live Oak district of Santa Cruz. In addition to Anthony, the family…

Date: Undated
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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An Aptos Druid fell at the Marne.

Antone Porta Jr. was born on October. 25, 1887, in Aptos, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Antone Porta, Sr. Antone, along with his brother Baptista and sisters Katherina and Angelina, grew up on the family ranch in…

Date: Undated
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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An unplanned stop in George L. White's grazing field kept Archie from flying in Korea.

Archie Norman Walters was born on April 3, 1926, in Fresno County, California. His mother's name was Viola Walters. The town of his birth or information…

Date: Undated
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

LOYAL INTERNEES HOLD FIRM, QUELL UNREST AMONG AXIS ELEMENTPosten, Ariz. (UP) - W. Wade Head, director of the Colorado River relocation center here, said Monday the general strike among Japanese evacuees which had been in progress since Wednesday,…

Date: 1942-11-23
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

Detached by the war department to address meetings on the Pacific coast relative to the conduct and loyalty of Japanese-American soldiers in combat, Capt. George H. Grandstaff, Caucasian officer with the Nisei 100th battalion, Thursday night gave an…

Date: 1945-07-27
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

Washington (UP) - The army wants no part of supervising the Japanese-Americans in relocation camps while agencies exist which "could and should" handle them efficiently.Thus, the Dies subcommittee headed by Rep. John Costello, D., Calif., shied away…

Date: 1943-08-24
Source: Watsonville Register-Pajaronian , page 1
Type: NEWS

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A runaway truck in San Francisco got in Arnold's way.

Arnold H. Sehestedt was born on January 17, 1907, in California, to Samuel and Emma Sehestedt. Arnold, along with his brother Harold and sister Edna, grew up in a home in the Branciforte…

Date: Undated
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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His "friends could hardly believe he had passed into the great beyond as they took a last look at this fine young man's face."

Arthur Edward Johnson was born in San Jose, California, on May 21, 1894, to Nels and Hannah Johnson. Along with two…

Date: Undated
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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