Medical Military Academy StudentWhile a student at the prestigious Military Medical School Academy in Mexico City, Ruben heeded President Roosevelt's call for Mexicans to come help America with the WW II war effort. | Bracero in McMinnville, OregonRuben, worked on the railroad system, important to the war effort. His second assignment was in McMinnville. These workers have been called "Railroad Soldiers." | Santa Maria Hospital After WarHaving returned to Mexico following his Bracero assignment, he was able to come back to the U.S. After working in Los Angeles, he moved to a hospital in Santa Maria. |
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