Talk:Sal Castro

How old is Castro?
From the article: "Salvador B. Castro (born 1946) is an American educator and activist. ... Around 1956, while still a student at LACC, he got his first job in the educational field, as an assistant playground director in Echo Park."

He was a student at LACC when he was only ten years old? And in the military before that?

I'm confused. Can someone straighten this out?

= I forgot to sign my previous comment. --Tkynerd 14:11, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I noticed that too and came here to comment. Operation Wetback was 1954 (according to its article) and Castro was in grade school, so this would agree with a birthyear of about 1946, implying that it's the 1956 year that's wrong. However, by 1963 he was having the conferences, which would make him 17, and 22 in 1968 by the time the walkouts happened, which goes back to making me doubt his birthyear. It is evident an expert is needed to check everything out. Soltras 16:15, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm on it.--Rockero 16:22, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * This site gives me a 72 y.o Sal B. Castro in Los Angeles, which would put his birth year at 1934. He doesn't look that old. Anyone subscribe to Ancestry.com?--Rockero 16:56, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

From the interview: "Before I went into the Army, the very last job I had was working at the Bullocks Store downtown [...] "1955 or 1956. I worked as a stock boy". Assuming he was drafted at 18, 1956 minus 18 would give the year 1938, which is more reasonable, I suppose. That means his father was repatriated during the "Repatriation Movement", rather than during WB.--Rockero 17:18, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

Korean War veterans
He was removed from the category with the edit summary "(remove Castro, Sal (article specifically states he didn't serve in the Korean War)". The article states that he didn't see combat, but he is still a Korean War-era veteran. Usually veterans are classified by the era in which they served. Or am I wrong about this?--Rockero 17:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)


 * he was awsom —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.230.32.2 (talk) 21:49, 28 May 2009 (UTC)

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