The two young men. ages 14 and 21. arrived in Albuquerque. NM. in 1906. In 5 or 6 years. the brothers bought out their uncle. who returned to Italy. The young Domenicis turned the mercantile store. called the Montezuma Grocery. into a wholesale grocery company. and it flourished. The brothers partnership was interrupted by World War I. when my father was drafted. He served under the flag of the United States and became a naturalized American citizen by virtue of his service. When the war was over. he returned to Albuquerque and the grocery business. My mothers name was Alda Vichi.
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