03564nam 22006973 450 991083831660332120240102112650.09780875658100(ebook)0875658105(ebook)9780875658049(paperback)(MiAaPQ)EBC6888653(Au-PeEL)EBL6888653(CKB)21250976400041(OCoLC)1275431593(MdBmJHUP)musev2_99862(EXLCZ)992125097640004120220221h20222022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAfter the blessing Mexican American veterans of WWII tell their own stories /edited by Esther Bonilla ReadFort Worth, Texas :TCU Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (x, 315 pages)Print version: Read, Esther Bonilla After the Blessing College Station : TCU Press,c2022 9780875658049 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.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 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.Veteransfast(OCoLC)fst01165710Military participationMexican Americanfast(OCoLC)fst01353739Mexican Americansfast(OCoLC)fst01019072Mexican American Catholicsfast(OCoLC)fst01018920Mexican American CatholicsInterviewsWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, CatholicWorld War, 1939-1945VeteransUnited StatesInterviewsWorld War, 1939-1945Personal narratives, AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945Mexican AmericansInterviewsWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, Mexican AmericanUnited StatesfastInterviews.lcgftVeterans.Military participationMexican American.Mexican Americans.Mexican American Catholics.Mexican American CatholicsWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, Catholic.World War, 1939-1945VeteransWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Mexican AmericansWorld War, 1939-1945Participation, Mexican American.940.54/04Read Esther Bonilla1729353Read Esther Bonilla1937-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910838316603321After the blessing4139118UNINA