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Evangeline "Vangie" Abellera Paredes was the daughter of Tomas Rulloda Abellera, who left the Philippines to serve in the U.S. Navy during World War I, and Francisca Estrada, who was born in Asturias, Spain and worked as a translator on Wall Street in New York City. Vangie was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 26, 1916 and the family moved to Washington, D.C. when Tomas became a chief master mechanic at the Navy Yard in 1921. After attending Congress Heights School and Eastern High School,...