Biography
Rodriguez, Felipe. (Phillip); b. October 25, 1907 Naranjito, Puerto Rico, To NYC 1915 (Brooklyn, New York); Puerto Rican; Father Pedro Rodriguez, Mother Patricia Rodriguez; Single; Seaman (IMU), Machine operator in a factory and Mechanic; Spanish CP; Travelled on a seaman’s Passport; Domicile 358 Hicks (Hacker) Street, Brooklyn, New York; Sailed January 9, 1937 aboard the Lafayette; Arrived in Spain on January 22, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN, Co. 1, for five months; Auto Park for eight months; Last unit (September 1938) Lincoln-Washington BN, Co. 4; two months; Rank Soldado; Served at Jarama, Brunete, and the Ebro Offensive; WIA Ebro Offensive.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Pay; RGASPI, Fond 545, Opis 6, Delos 31; Opis 6, Delo 32; Opis 6, Delo 42, ll. 30, Relacion de los desertores del Acantonamiento “H”; Opis 6, Delo 973; José Alejandro Ortiz Carrión and Teresita Torres Rivera, Voluntarios de la Libertad, Puertorriqueños en Defensa de la República Española 1936-1939. Code A
Photograph: Felipe Rodriguez in Spain, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 973.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Pay; RGASPI, Fond 545, Opis 6, Delos 31; Opis 6, Delo 32; Opis 6, Delo 42, ll. 30, Relacion de los desertores del Acantonamiento “H”; Opis 6, Delo 973; José Alejandro Ortiz Carrión and Teresita Torres Rivera, Voluntarios de la Libertad, Puertorriqueños en Defensa de la República Española 1936-1939. Code A
Photograph: Felipe Rodriguez in Spain, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 973.