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William Kwananekoa Baker

Baker was born in Honolulu on July 9, 1909. Before going to Spain Baker was a seaman and drove a truck in San Francisco. Baker departed for Europe aboard the SS Georgic on August 7, 1937. Initially trained as a light machine gunner, due to the shortage of skilled truck drivers, Baker was assigned to the Albacete auto park. He later transferred to the transport section of the XVth International Brigade where he remained until the international volunteers were ordered repatriated. Baker returned to the United States aboard the SS Ausonia on December 20, 1938.

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