Group Photo

St. Genevieve Catholic Church

Las Cruces, New Mexico

I don't know if any of these men here are my relatives. I'm pretty sure Ralph Lucero is my relative. I have Apodaca's, and Lucero's in my lineage. I hope this photo will have family members that others can identify with. I have a family tree on ancestry.com My tree is under: Apodaca Family and my name its under is:RoseLuceroApodaca.

Baptism Records

Baptism of my Grandfather Benjamin Apodaca

Baptism of Hesiquio Lucero

Great-Grandfather

Pino Altos Photos

My dad Ben (on left) Uncle Rueben and Uncle Abe

Road that takes you into Pinos Altos

My dad(far left) his uncles. Felix Apodaca Contreras, 

Manuel Morales, and Manuel Contreras

My dad use to tell me how his uncles would come down to visit

 his family in Pinos Altos

Home where my dad was raised

My dad's home

(Present Day) Ice Cream Parlor

Picture taken in Silver City, New Mexico

Dad was on vacation with his brothers while visiting

Pinos Altos. They stopped in to have a cold beer.

Uncle Rueben, Diane, and Uncle Abe

Taken in 1996 Dad visiting Pinos Altos 

Rueben, Sara, and my father Ben

Cousin Diane Apodaca, and my aunties, AnaLiese and Gloria

Memories of Fierro and Pinos Altos, New Mexico



Three young men from Fierro.

From left, Felix Contreras (my great-uncle), Felix Jaramillo, and Manuel Zuniga.

Taken in

Goldroad, AZ about 1940

Circa 1942

My Dads uncles visiting him, I remember

my dad would tell me how his Contreras uncles and

cousins would come to visit him and my grandparents 

in Pinos Altos. My dad was always excited when they 

came to visit the family.

My dad Ben is on to the left, his ulncle Felix Contreras, 

his cousins Rosa's Contreras husband, Manuel Morales,

and cousin Raymond Contreras.

La Mesilla, New Mexico

San Albino Catholic Church

Old Mesilla

1855-1857

San Albino Catholic Church

La Mesilla, New Mexico

(Present Day)

San Albino Cemetery

La Mesilla, New Mexico

Cousins on Dads Family

 Manuel Rodriguez

on left, and Ben Apodaca

1st Cousins

 

Military Men

My Father

On December 19, 1945 Benjamin L. Apodaca was aboard the USS Henry R. Kenyon (DE 683) was a destroyer escort of the United States Navy in World War II. With the Battle of the Atlantic won, the destroyer escort proceeded on 15 May from Norfolk, Virginia through the Panama Canal and into the western Pacific theater. Arriving off Leyte on 7 July, she spent the remainder of the war escorting ships in the Philippines and to New Guina and Okinawa. After the surrender of Japan in August, Henry R. Kenyon continued to operate in the Philippines and off the coast of Japan until departing Manila for the United States on 26 November.

Naval receiving station, San Diego, California. He entered his Naval service on October 4, 1945 and was released with an Honorable Discharged from the Navy on October 23, 1950. He was appointed Second Class, USNR in the US Navy and received the World War II Victory medal.

On October 24, 1950 he was conscripted into the U.S.Army 40th Infantry Division and served a tour of combat duty during the Korean War. My dad was a Sergeant, and his job title was, specializing in demolition. While clearing an enemy mine field, his fellow comrade in arms fell wounded.  He and another soldier risk their lives by carrying out their wounded friend, while in the midst of enemy fire. For his act of heroism, he was awarded the United States Bronze Medal.



 Daniel Apodaca

(My Uncle)

Daniel L. Apodaca

Sgt. US Army

Korea

 Training @

6th Infantry Division M Company

Feb, 1952 to Apr 1952

 63rd Infantry Regiment

Fortord, California

Manuel L Rodriguez

US Navy 1945

(1st. cousin to my dad Ben)

Ray Contreras

(1st. cousin to my dad Ben Apodaca)