{"id":5811,"date":"2021-02-05T11:20:13","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=5811"},"modified":"2021-02-05T11:20:13","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T19:20:13","slug":"huber-family-philippine-saga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?p=5811","title":{"rendered":"Huber family Philippine saga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-2021-photo.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?attachment_id=5818#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-2021-photo.jpg?fit=657%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"657,513\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Cliff&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1612505309&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Huber-Joseph-2021-photo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Joe Huber Jr., 2021&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-2021-photo.jpg?fit=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-2021-photo.jpg?fit=640%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-2021-photo.jpg?resize=300%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Joe Huber Jr., 2021\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-2021-photo.jpg?resize=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-2021-photo.jpg?w=657&amp;ssl=1 657w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The story of the Huber family in the Philippines is told in a recent <em>Akron Beacon Journal<\/em> article titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/news\/2021\/02\/03\/cuyahoga-falls-man-grew-up-goodyear-rubber-plantation\/4268387001\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Raised in the jungle, Cuyahoga Falls man recalls Goodyear rubber plantation<\/em><\/a>.  In the article, Joe Huber Jr. recounts growing up on a rubber plantation, on Mindanao, and being interned in Davao and later in Santo Tom\u00e1s.<\/p>\n<p>The Huber family included Joseph C. Huber Sr., Thelma Thompson Huber, Joseph C. Huber Jr. (born 1934), Barbara Jean Huber (born 1935) and Stephen Lewis Huber (born 1936).  Joe Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, while Barbara and Stephen were both born in Zamboanga, Mindanao.<\/p>\n<p>The article spans the family&#8217;s story before, during and after the War and includes several family photographs, including some that show the rubber business on Mindanao.  The family was <a href=\"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/content\/passengerlists\/klipfontein-1945-Apr-21-p03.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">repatriated on the S.S. Klipfontein<\/a> leaving Leyte in March 1945, arriving in San Francisco on 21 April 1945. For more, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beaconjournal.com\/story\/news\/2021\/02\/03\/cuyahoga-falls-man-grew-up-goodyear-rubber-plantation\/4268387001\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">link to the full article.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5823\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-Thelma-family-1945.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5823\" data-attachment-id=\"5823\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/philippineinternment.com\/?attachment_id=5823#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-Thelma-family-1945.jpg?fit=415%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"415,525\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Cliff&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1549976130&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Huber-Joseph-Thelma-family-1945\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;(photo courtesy of the Akron Journal).&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Joseph and Thelma Huber family in 1945, after liberation.  (photo courtesy of the Akron Journal)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-Thelma-family-1945.jpg?fit=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-Thelma-family-1945.jpg?fit=415%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-Thelma-family-1945.jpg?resize=415%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Joseph and Thelma Huber family in 1945, after liberation.\" width=\"415\" height=\"525\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-Thelma-family-1945.jpg?w=415&amp;ssl=1 415w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/philippineinternment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Huber-Joseph-Thelma-family-1945.jpg?resize=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Joseph and Thelma Huber family in 1945, after liberation.  (photo courtesy of the Akron Journal)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The story of the Huber family in the Philippines is told in a recent Akron Beacon Journal article titled Raised in the jungle, Cuyahoga Falls man recalls Goodyear rubber plantation. In the article, Joe Huber Jr. recounts growing up on a rubber plantation, on Mindanao, and being interned in Davao and later in Santo Tom\u00e1s. 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