LEADER 03564nam 22006973 450 001 9910838316603321 005 20240102112650.0 010 $a9780875658100$b(ebook) 010 $a0875658105$b(ebook) 010 $z9780875658049$b(paperback) 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6888653 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6888653 035 $a(CKB)21250976400041 035 $a(OCoLC)1275431593 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_99862 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921250976400041 100 $a20220221h20222022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAfter the blessing $eMexican American veterans of WWII tell their own stories /$fedited by Esther Bonilla Read 210 1$aFort Worth, Texas :$cTCU Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (x, 315 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Read, Esther Bonilla After the Blessing College Station : TCU Press,c2022 9780875658049 327 $aMexican 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. 330 $aMany 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. 606 $aVeterans$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01165710 606 $aMilitary participation$xMexican American$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01353739 606 $aMexican Americans$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01019072 606 $aMexican American Catholics$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01018920 606 $aMexican American Catholics$vInterviews 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Catholic 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xVeterans$zUnited States$vInterviews 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMexican Americans$vInterviews 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Mexican American 607 $aUnited States$2fast 608 $aInterviews.$2lcgft 615 0$aVeterans. 615 0$aMilitary participation$xMexican American. 615 0$aMexican Americans. 615 0$aMexican American Catholics. 615 0$aMexican American Catholics 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Catholic. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xVeterans 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xMexican Americans 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, Mexican American. 676 $a940.54/04 700 $aRead$b Esther Bonilla$01729353 702 $aRead$b Esther Bonilla$f1937- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910838316603321 996 $aAfter the blessing$94139118 997 $aUNINA