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Around the time that the Philippines officially gained independence, his father was selected to be a clerk typist for the newly established United Nations. His parents initially settled in Parkway Village (Queens), which was originally built to house United Nations staff when the U.N. was located at Lake Success (Queens), and before it moved to its present location in Manhattan. His parents moved soon after to a house in New Hyde Park (Queens) on the G.I. Bill program. While his father was able to register with the U.S. Veterans Agency and to receive benefits before the enactment of the Philippine Rescission Act of 1946, many Filipino WWII veterans subsequently did not receive full benefits.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e Clip 2: \u003c/strong\u003e  During his sophomore year at Aviation High School (Queens), Joey Tabaco got a job as a busboy at the Alaskan Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (1964). He worked at the Alaskan Pavilion restaurant which was actually run by Filipinos from Alaska, or \"Alaskan Arrows.\" To his surprise, he related more to the American Eskimos from Alaska, rather than the Filipinos he met there. He reminisces about the \"after-hours\" parties at the New York World's Fair (1964) and recalls that \"when the World's Fair closed to the public, it opened to the employees.\"\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eClip 3: \u003c/strong\u003e Joey shares his memories of being a \"greaser,\" who \"could keep cars running with bubble gum and bailing wire.\" He also considered himself a \"geek,\" because in 1967, he was one of the first people to take the computer programming course called BAL at Martin Van Buren HS (Queens). When he was 12 or 13, he joined the Civil Air Patrol (or \"Air Explorer Boy Scouts\"), and worked as a radio operator for the Queens group of the Civil Air Patrol, with whom he also took flying lessons out of Flushing Airport. He goes on to discuss his military career as a weatherman in the U.S. Air Force. In the Pacific, he was part of the 54th weather reconnaissance squadron out of Anderson Air Force Base in Guam (called the \"typhoon chasers\"), and in the Atlantic, he was part of the 53rd weather reconnaissance squadron (called the \"hurricane hunters\") out of Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 4: \u003c/strong\u003e Joey remembers giving a presentation at his daughter's school, SUNY Stony Brook, to PUSO (Philippine United Student Organization, meaning \"heart\" in Tagalog). Some undergraduate students asked him how he got along with his immigrant parents, and this was the first time he became aware of his cultural heritage and roots. In 2004, he retired after working for the federal government for 36 years and then attended his first FANHS (Filipino-American National Historical Society) conference in St. Louis in 2004, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the St. Louis World's Fair, where indigenous Filipinos were brought and \"displayed\" in exhibits. Joey talks about his current involvement with FANHS and mentions the importance of helping to promote the contributions that Filipinos have made to the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJoey Tabaco was born in Long Island City (Queens) and grew up in New Hyde Park (Queens). His parents were immigrants to New York from Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines in the late 1940s. His father was an early employee of the United Nations when it was located at Lake Success, NY, and his parents initially settled in Parkway Village (Queens). His mother and father raised him and his nine siblings in New Hyde Park (Queens). Joey worked for the 1964 World’s Fair in Flushing (Queens) during his teenage years and later joined the U.S. Airforce. He served in Vietnam and would go on to have a long career with the U.S. National Weather Service. In his older years, he has become more involved with the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), promoting Filipino American history and heritage in both the New York area and nationally. Joey and his family are featured in the book, Filipinos in New York City (2015) by Araadia Publishing and FANHS.\u003c/p\u003e (general)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights Statement"]},"value":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCC BY-NC-SA Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"]}},{"label":{"en":["Source Metadata URI"]},"value":{"en":["http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/search/browse/34085"]}}],"summary":{"en":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 1:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e Joey Tabaco describes his father's U.S. military service in the Philippines during World War II. Around the time that the Philippines officially gained independence, his father was selected to be a clerk typist for the newly established United Nations. His parents initially settled in Parkway Village (Queens), which was originally built to house United Nations staff when the U.N. was located at Lake Success (Queens), and before it moved to its present location in Manhattan. His parents moved soon after to a house in New Hyde Park (Queens) on the G.I. Bill program. While his father was able to register with the U.S. Veterans Agency and to receive benefits before the enactment of the Philippine Rescission Act of 1946, many Filipino WWII veterans subsequently did not receive full benefits.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026nbsp;Clip 2:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e \u0026nbsp;During his sophomore year at Aviation High School (Queens), Joey Tabaco got a job as a busboy at the Alaskan Pavilion at the New York World's Fair (1964). He worked at the Alaskan Pavilion restaurant which was actually run by Filipinos from Alaska, or \"Alaskan Arrows.\" To his surprise, he related more to the American Eskimos from Alaska, rather than the Filipinos he met there. He reminisces about the \"after-hours\" parties at the New York World's Fair (1964) and recalls that \"when the World's Fair closed to the public, it opened to the employees.\"\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003cstrong\u003eClip 3:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e Joey shares his memories of being a \"greaser,\" who \"could keep cars running with bubble gum and bailing wire.\" He also considered himself a \"geek,\" because in 1967, he was one of the first people to take the computer programming course called BAL at Martin Van Buren HS (Queens). When he was 12 or 13, he joined the Civil Air Patrol (or \"Air Explorer Boy Scouts\"), and worked as a radio operator for the Queens group of the Civil Air Patrol, with whom he also took flying lessons out of Flushing Airport. He goes on to discuss his military career as a weatherman in the U.S. Air Force. In the Pacific, he was part of the 54th weather reconnaissance squadron out of Anderson Air Force Base in Guam (called the \"typhoon chasers\"), and in the Atlantic, he was part of the 53rd weather reconnaissance squadron (called the \"hurricane hunters\") out of Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClip 4:\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003e Joey remembers giving a presentation at his daughter's school, SUNY Stony Brook, to PUSO (Philippine United Student Organization, meaning \"heart\" in Tagalog). Some undergraduate students asked him how he got along with his immigrant parents, and this was the first time he became aware of his cultural heritage and roots. In 2004, he retired after working for the federal government for 36 years and then attended his first FANHS (Filipino-American National Historical Society) conference in St. Louis in 2004, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the St. Louis World's Fair, where indigenous Filipinos were brought and \"displayed\" in exhibits. Joey talks about his current involvement with FANHS and mentions the importance of helping to promote the contributions that Filipinos have made to the United States.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummary of Full Interview\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eJoey Tabaco was born in Long Island City (Queens) and grew up in New Hyde Park (Queens). His parents were immigrants to New York from Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines in the late 1940s. His father was an early employee of the United Nations when it was located at Lake Success, NY, and his parents initially settled in Parkway Village (Queens). His mother and father\u0026nbsp;raised him and his nine siblings in New Hyde Park (Queens). Joey worked for the 1964 World\u0026rsquo;s Fair in Flushing (Queens) during his teenage years and later joined the U.S. Airforce. He served in Vietnam and would go on to have a long career with the U.S. National Weather Service. In his older years, he has become more involved with the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS), promoting Filipino American history and heritage in both the New York area and nationally. 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