Alfred Flores
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Alfred S.N. Flores | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Guam Legislature | |
| In office January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971 | |
| Member of the Guam Legislature | |
| In office January 7, 1957 – January 7, 1963 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alfred San Nicolas Flores June 20, 1916 |
| Died | February 6, 2009 (aged 92) |
| Resting place | Our Lady of Peace Memorial Gardens, Yona |
| Party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Ester Duenas |
| Occupation | Politician, lancheru |
Alfred San Nicolas Flores (June 20, 1916 – February 6, 2009)[1] was a Guamanian politician, lancheru and survivor of the Japanese occupation of Guam during World War II.[2] He was one of the original founders of the Democratic Party of Guam.[2] He served for six terms in the Guam Legislature.[2]
Flores, a lancheru as ranchers are known in Guam, began grazing approximately eight hundred head of cattle and carabao on several acres on his ranch in Inarajan early in his life.[2] He also founded Flores Poultry Farm, which would later grow to include more than 75,000 chickens at a time.[2] Flores also cultivated vegetables and fruit on his farm.[2]
World War II
Flores was just 25 years old at the time of the Japanese invasion of Guam in 1941 during World War II.[2] He began to cultivate rice, all of which was used to feed the Japanese troops during the occupation.[2] His livestock was also confiscated at times during the war in order to feed Japanese forces on the island.[2]
During the war, Flores provided assistance to Father Jesus Baza Duenas, a Chamorro Roman Catholic priest and an outspoken critic of the Japanese.[2] Duenas would later be captured and executed by the Japanese military.[2]
Flores' wife, Ester Duenas Flores, was seven months pregnant with the couple's first child when Guam was liberated by the Americans in 1944.[2]