31 August 1939, age 9, unaccompanied aboard SS Florida,
Havana to Miami, FL
19 September 1940, age 10, unaccompanied aboard SS
Florida, Havana to Miami, FL
 16
June 1956, SS City of Havana, Havana Cuba to Miami, FL
27 October 1960, Pan Am Flight from Havana to Miami, FL
 11
April 1945, Petition for naturalization
 18
July 1957, Cubana Aviacion flight Havana, Cuba to Miami FL |
(courtesy of Dick O'Donnell)
Grave marker for Jorge J. F. Arcay in the Little Flower
section of Flagler Memorial Park, Miami (Miami-Dade county), Florida.
Jorge was a native of Bayamo (Oriente province), Cuba and
traveled to the U.S. at least twice (1939 & 1940) as a youth to visit an
aunt living in St. Augustine, FL. He immigrated to the U.S. on 11
April 1945
Jorge enlisted in the Army on 23 February 1951 and
volunteered for parachutist duty. He was assigned to the 508th
ARCT.
He rose to the rank of SSgt and was discharged after
three years service. |
