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Apo Green’s Adventure

23 days after leaving Manila
the S.S. President Jackson docked at Pier 36
on February 24, 1927

Apo and cousins Pio and Florentino stared
across Puget Sound at the snowcapped Olympic mountains

Model T cars and streetcars
crossed dusty downtown streets paved with gold

Time to chase those American dreams