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Chief of guards
Unit – Hancock Aviation School, Califórnia
Birth place – Ilha do Faial, Açores
Date of birth – 10/01/ 1873
Date of death – 09/05/1956
Father – António Silveira
Mother –
António Silveira Jr. poses in 1944 next to the guard house
(photograph courtesy of Douglas Martin, great-grandson )
Born on the Island of Faial, António first arrived in the state of California, United States in 1884, where he later met and married Marianna Medeiros, also originally from the Azores.
They had nine children and remained married until 1909, when Marianna died.
António Silveira was a farmer by profession, and was also a police officer for twenty-five years (sheriff in Santa Barbara County) and chief of the guard at Hancock Field air base until his retirement in 1946.
He died in the comfort of his home in May 1956.
António Fragoeiro e Douglas Martin
António Silveira checks the identification of two young pilots, 1942.
(photograph courtesy of Douglas Martin, great-grandson )
Fontes:
Blogue Espada & Escudo § NARA § World War II veterans'memories
