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Mrs. Mary Castino, 509 Seventeenth street northwest, has received word that her son, Pvt. Mike Cabrera, has been promoted to a private first class, and is now stationed at Benicia arsenal, Cal. He has been in the service for five months. Mrs. Castino also has another son, Pvt. Andrew Castino, who entered the service four months ago and is at Camp Edwards, Mass.
Source: Mason City Globe-Gazette, July 21, 1943
***Further Research:
Mike John Cabrera was born June 22, 1922 to Thomas and Mary Leon Cabrera. He died Nov. 9, 1991 and is buried in Mount Vernon Memorial Park, Fair Oaks, CA.
Source: ancestry.com
