Angel Island Profiles: Eliseo Felipe
- 2012
- 8m
Eliseo Felipe, a 100 year-old retired serviceman, shares his journey to the United States and his pride in becoming an American. At the age of seven, Eliseo learned to work on the fields to ... Read allEliseo Felipe, a 100 year-old retired serviceman, shares his journey to the United States and his pride in becoming an American. At the age of seven, Eliseo learned to work on the fields to support his family in the Philippines. He immigrated to the United States in 1933 where he... Read allEliseo Felipe, a 100 year-old retired serviceman, shares his journey to the United States and his pride in becoming an American. At the age of seven, Eliseo learned to work on the fields to support his family in the Philippines. He immigrated to the United States in 1933 where he met his brother and uncles who worked on the farms in Salinas, California. Over the years... Read all