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Honoring: Martin Tandler
Honoring: Martin Tandler

My parents were married in Prague on December 10, 1936. They were your and prosperous and they thought the world was their oyster. They were so lucky to get a visa out in early 1939. Many didn't.

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Honoring: Virgilio Velasco and Mutya San Agustin

When my mother, Mutya San Agustin, and father, Virgilio Velasco, came to the United States from the Philippines to engage in their respective residency training programs––Mutya in Baltimore for pediatrics, Virgilio in Brooklyn for general surgery––they had not intended to stay.

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Honoring: Simon Korelitz
Honoring: Simon Korelitz

My great grandfather Simon Korelitz immigrated to the U.S. from Belarus in 1888 at age 21. He was a peddler who settled in Haverhill, Mass. and had 7 children, one of which was my father's father Sam.

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