Geronimo

By Nilka Campos

Growing up during the Great Depression was difficult for Epifanio Salazar and his family. Like most others during the era, Salazar was unable to find work.

“We couldn’t make a living, so we would take whatever we could scratch – chicken, rabbits, deer,” he said.

So Salazar decided to join the Armed Forces and fight alongside thousands of other Americans in World War II. Though his father worried he could be killed, to Salazar, joining the Army was the only way to survive.