Cesar Estrada Chavez was born on March 31. 1927. in Yuma. Arizona. It was 10 years later in 1937 that like many other migrant families. his parents lost their farm and their home. This was a hardship that led them to join thousands of other migrant farmer workers to toil in the California fields. In 1944 Cesar Chavez enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served and fought for the United States in the Pacific during World War II. He later married Helen Fabela and fathered eight children. Although Cesar Chavez was not able to complete high school because his family required his helping hands in the California fields. he not only endured the hardships of migrant working conditions but experienced the injustices that he later made into a personal crusade for the migrant farm workers. His personal struggles as a migrant farm worker led him to find a nonviolent way to help Hispanic farm workers. In the 1950s. Cesar quietly began to study and work for the better working conditions of migrant workers. His persistent struggle to help Hispanics led him to organize the National Farm Worker group in Fresno. California.