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 Among the Valiant: Mexican-Americans in
review
 Excellent, May 25, 2002
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Reviewer:
A reader from United
States
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This book tells the story of Mexican-American soldiers who gave their
lives for their country in WWII and Vietnam. (Many fought in Korea too.) A
large number were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Unfortunately their contributions have been purged from popular movies and
current best selling books about Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
This book is long overdue.
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World War II
The Pacific
· 158th Infantry "Cuidado"
· 200 Coast Anti-Artillery.Aircraft 515th Coast Anti-Artillery
Aircraft, New Mexico National Guard Units
The Bataan Death March, forced march of 70,000
American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the
Japenese in the Pilippines
WWII.
Starting out from Mariveles, on the sothern end
of the Bataan
Peninsula, on April 9, 1942, they
were force-marched 55 miles to San Fernando, then taken by rail to Capas,
from where they
walked the final eight miles to Camp
O'Donnell.
They were starved and
mistreated, often kicked or beaten on their way, and many who fell were bayonetted.
Only 54,000
reached the camp: 7,000 - 10,000 died on the
way and the rest escaped into the jungle.
N.M., in December
1945, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, commander of the North Luzon Corps,
praised the 200th and the 515th Coastal Artillery units.
"They were
the first to fire and the last to lay down their arms and only reluctantly
doing so after being given a direct order."
Many were among
the survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March.
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Beyond Courage: One Regiment
Against...
A
vivid narrative of the men of New Mexico's 200th and 515th Coast
Artillery (AA) units. Cave skillfully tells a story of hardship,
bravery, unspeakable treatment, and a never-dying belief that their country
would liberate them. They were the first unit to fire on the enemy in
the Philippines
and the last organized unit to lay down their arms when...
(note: Bataan: The 200th and 515
Coast Artillery units were from the New Mexico National Guard, which had a
heavy representation of Hispanic officers and enlisted men. They had been selected
because of their combat readiness, and also many of the men in the unit
spoke Spanish, a principal language of the Philippines.Upon
their arrival, they became the largest single American military unit in the
Philippines.
See our Bataan,
World War IIsite.)
Ghost Soldiers: The
ForgottenEpic Story of World War II's Most Dramatic Rescue Mission...
Bataan
- WWII
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