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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:
Andrew Castino Cabrera was born Nov. 7, 1924 to Thomas and Mary Leon Cabrera. He died Oct. 21, 1989 and is buried in Elmwood Saint Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, IA.
Source: ancestry.com
