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Roland Got was born in San
Francisco, California, in 1916 to William Got and Lilly Leong. His father, who immigrated from China, worked as a tailor, and his Chinese American mother was a seamstress. The family later moved to Los Angeles, where Roland and his siblings attended
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After the war, Got began working in insurance sales. In late 1948, at the age of 32, he drowned after falling overboard from the ferry
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and trained at the Motion
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while crossing San
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126:Roland Got
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