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Roy P. Benavidez, Medal of Honor Recipient - Vietnam
Medal of Honor: One Man's Journey from Poverty and Prejudice...
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By Light T. Cummins: "Spanish Observers and the American
Revolution"..
Cummins shows that Spain,
its money, diplomats, and soldiers were an integral factor of George
Washington’s final victory at Yorktown.)
Bernardo
De Galvez: Hero of the American Revolution..
Galvez, Spanish Govenor of Louisianna
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Book entitled, "Hispanics in America's Defense", by the
U.S. DoD; includes Mexican Americans, Hispanos, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, and Spaniards.
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- Vietnam Hispanics accounted for 25 % of
casualties while only 4.5 % at home
- Medal of Honor,
American Hispanics, above and beyond
the call of duty
- Hero Street
Mexican-Americans who
gave their lives in defense
of this nation.
- Puerto Rican Units Puerto Ricans in defense
of this nation
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Military History, Americas
Defense Not asking what their country could do for them, but what
they could do for their country, many pay the ultimate price
50-75% of the Casualties from South
Texas Region
Hispanics accounted for 25 %
Vietnam
casualties while only 4.5 % at home during
that time.
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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...
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Space Program NASA
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In one
generation the Spanish Explored, colonized, cirmumnavigated
the earth, colonized America, over half the Earth
& Waters.
Historians credit Spain
for the total discovery -exploration-colonization of the western
hemisphere, nowhere in the history of the human race has this ever ocurred.
Cabéza de Vacá, Cristobal Colòn
(Christopher Columbus), Francisco Vazquez de Coronado
Magellan
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