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Autore |
Read Esther Bonilla |
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After the blessing : Mexican American veterans of WWII tell their own stories / / edited by Esther Bonilla Read |
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Fort Worth, Texas : , : TCU Press, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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9780875658100 |
0875658105 |
9780875658049 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 315 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Veterans |
Military participation - Mexican American |
Mexican Americans |
Mexican American Catholics |
World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Catholic |
World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans - United States |
World War, 1939-1945 |
World War, 1939-1945 - Mexican Americans |
World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Mexican American |
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United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Mexican Americans in the United States -- World War II Terms, Places, and Some Important Events -- Prelude to War -- Introduction -- European/Atlantic Theater -- The Pacific Theater -- Prisoners of War -- Also Affected. |
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Many Catholic families blessed their children before they left home. After the Blessing tells the stories of many young Mexican Americans who left home to fight for their country. During the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), many families fled Mexico to prevent their underage sons from being forced to fight. Ironically, the offspring of these immigrants |
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often ended up across the ocean in a much larger war. Despite the bias and mistreatment most Mexican Americans faced in the US, some 500,000 fought bravely for their country during World War II. Their stories range from hair-raising accounts of the Battle of the Bulge to gut-wrenching testimony about cannibalism in the Pacific. In After the Blessing Mexican Americans reveal their experiences in combat during WWII-stories that have rarely been told. |
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