"comunidad del valle," i'm damian trujillo. another exciting show today from immigration to education on your "comunidad del valle." male announcer: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. damian: they are military veterans who served their country. now, they're serving their community. with me on "comunidad del valle" are members of american legion post 809, armand guerrero and miguel gastelo here with the american legion. thank you so much for being on our show, and thank you for your service. before we talk about the post, talk about your military service before we get going. we'll start with you. miguel gastelo: my name is miguel, and i served in the army for 27 years. i retired in 1995 as an e-9 command sergeant major. i started my career in the military when i got drafted in january of 1968. and shortly after that, i winded up in vietnam as an infantryman. and i just--it changed my whole life, and i never knew that kind of way of living. and it stayed with me, so i kept re-enlisting. damian: well,

: nbc bay area presents "comunidad del valle" with damian trujillo. : they are military veterans who served their country. now, they're serving their community. with me on "comunidad del valle" are members of american legion post 809, armand guerrero and miguel gastelo here with the american legion. thank you so much for being on our show, and thank you for your service. before we talk about the post, talk about your military service before we get going. we'll start with you. miguel gastelo: my name is miguel, and i served in the army for 27 years. i retired in 1995 as an e-9 command sergeant major. i started my career in the military when i got drafted in january of 1968.

stay with us. ♪ of cesar chavez, on "comunidad del valle.", first your thoughts--i have your lovely mother here, she's a walking history book. rudy chavez medina: yes, you know, she is. she has so much energy, she has so much excitement. you know, she motivates all of us, you know, at 91 and a half years old, and she's still going strong. i call her the energizer bunny because she just doesn't stop. you know, even when she was hurt, she was still communicating with us, she was still moving, getting us to move too, so it's a delight to have her here. damian: that's awesome. your thoughts, same question, rudy, your thoughts when you see the youngsters, especially the ones over in alum rock, but there's a lot of them all over the bay area who pick up the flag on march 31, and they do what they can to celebrate, "si se puede, cesar chavez," and whatnot, the fact that the younger generation is picking up that torch. rudy: i think that's excellent, you know. when children are growing up, you know, we were fortunate enough to have cesar, and he was