Filipinos in Vallejo - Paperback
Filipinos in Vallejo - Paperback
Description
by Melvin Orpilla (Author)
Filipinos came to Vallejo as early as 1912, and some families here can count five generations back to their roots in the Philippines. Many came to Mare Island Naval Shipyard, where Filipinos found steady, well-paying jobs that spared them from menial work
Author Biography
Author and lecturer Mel Orpilla corrects that oversight with this fascinating insider's look at the Filipino community in Vallejo. A second-generation Filipino American, founder of the Filipino American National Historical Society of Vallejo, and journalist who writes a popular column in the Vallejo Times-Herald, Orpilla has collected many never-before-published images from private collections, as well as the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.
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