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After surviving Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, aboard the battleship USS California, Vic established his home, "Paradise Found," on Nicholson Hill in 1946. Over the next 57 years, he volunteered his life to the Town of Los Gatos through active participation as assistant leader of Boy Scout Troop 539, founder of the Los Gatos Community Garden, initiator of the Adopt-a-Garden Program, sponsor of Los Gatos High School scholarships, founding member of the town's trail committee and active participant for over 20 years, founding member of Los Gatos Youth Park, Inc. and active board member for 25 years, volunteer for Los Gatos Lions, Rotary, and Kiwanis Club events, and philanthropist involved with the Los Gatos Community Foundation, Inc., Wildlife Federation, The Nature Conservancy, and Mid-peninsula Open Space District.
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