Rey Cabacar

Portrait of Rey Cabacar

REY CABACAR (b. 1927)

US Navy

Senior Chief Petty Officer

 

Place of Birth: San Marcelino, Zambales, Philippines

Service: Rey enlisted in the US Navy to provide for his family. He served on a PT boat during World War II. He recalled that as a Filipino soldier, he received fifty cents for every dollar an American soldier got. 

Post-War: Rey served during the Korean War as a minesweeper. After twenty-five years in the Navy, he became a chef for high-ranking government officials and a Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) post commander and activist.