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Richard G. Perez	Vietnam	By Alexandra Loucel U.S. Marine Corps veteran Richard Perez, the son of a World War II veteran, was in Vietnam for three months, from December 1966 to February 1967. But those three months altered his life forever and led him to advocate... Read More	Alex Loucel
Albelardo I. Perez	Political & Civic Engagement	The 1975 expansion of the federal Voting Rights Act impacted millions of Mexican Americans in the Southwest. But the idea began with just one man who wanted to help his community and make his parents proud. Abelardo Perez was born on Feb.... Read More	Luis Fraga
Manuel Sierra Pérez	World War II	By Brenda Menchaca Manuel Sierra Pérez sits on a chair at a desk cluttered with photographs of his children at a young age and a University of Texas coffee mug, among other items. “I have everything on the desk. I don’t even have to... Read More
Pedro Perez	World War II	By Suzanne Hanshaw It was the afternoon of April 30, 1945, on the Philippine island of Luzon. The first scout of the attacking squad had been shot and Pedro Perez volunteered to rescue him in a hail of machine-gun fire. Even after Perez... Read More	Robert Hernandez
Ester Arredondo Perez	World War II	By Whitney Mizer Eighty-two-year-old San Antonio resident Ester Arredondo Perez always worked hard to accomplish her goals, whether they were traveling the world or becoming the first Latino high school graduate in Fort Bend County, Texas... Read More	Erika Martinez
Manuel Perez, Jr.	World War II	Twenty-two-year-old Manuel Pérez, Jr. was killed in action on March 14, 1945, on the road to Santo Tomas in Southern Luzon in the Philippine Islands. Private First Class Pérez served as a paratrooper in the 11th Air Borne Infantry Division... Read More
Bob Perkins	Political & Civic Engagement	By José Andrés Araiza Bob Perkins spent 36 years as an elected judge in Travis County. Perkins attributes his strong ties to the Mexican-American community as one facet for his worldview; this group was his main base... Read More	Jose Araiza
Carmen Romero Phillips	World War II	By Rachel Howell In late December, 1943, the United States had been fighting in World War II for more than two years, but for one Tucson nurse, the war was a brand new experience: that's when Carmen Romero, now Phillips, joined the Army... Read More	Delia Esparza
Miguel Pineda	World War II	By Sandra Ibarra Miguel Pineda recalls Gen. Douglas MacArthur trying to inspire him and the other inexperienced soldiers upon their arrival in Brisbane, Australia. Pineda, 21 at the time, remembers MacArthur saying: "You kill him or he'll... Read More	Sandra Ibarra
Albino Pineda	World War II	By Claire Carroll “Pinda!” a corporal yelled. The young Mexican American soldier stood quietly in line. He did not address the corporal or any of his peers. “Pinda!” the corporal bellowed out once more. The young soldier... Read More	Laura Barberena
Robert Lee Polanco Sr.	Vietnam	By Kevin Bradley, St. Bonaventure University Robert Lee Polanco Sr. sat on the plane, nervously biting his nails. The flight had left Texas nearly three hours earlier. They would be passing over the Pacific Ocean on their way to the other... Read More	Taylor Peterson
Concepcion Pompa	World War II	By Mark Lavergne Donning a green flight jacket and a black hat emblazoned in gold capital letters with the words "Purple Heart," 78-year-old Concepción Pompa looks like a retired man able to indulge in his memories. But that relaxed... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Sergio Porras	Political & Civic Engagement	By Chris Touma Two years before Sergio Porras received his draft notice to serve in the Vietnam War, he was marching in the streets of Uvalde, Texas, with hundreds of other Mexican-American high school students. It wasn’t war or the... Read More	Brigit Benestante
Raul Portales	World War II	By Jordan D. Schraeder Working at Dodson’s Grocery in 1943, Raul “Roy” Portales dreamed of sailing the high seas. That year, the San Antonio native found a way to make that dream a reality: enlistment in the U.S. Navy. After... Read More	Patricia Portales
Emilio Portales	World War II	By Trent Lesikar “All those bullets and none of them had my name on it,” Emilio Portales said with a laugh. Portales saw action on the front lines of U.S. Army campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany during World War II. He... Read More
Edward Lopez Prado	World War II	By Ruben Ali Flores The bombing was over, the beach secured. Edward Lopez Prado watched as the waves rolled over the body of a fallen soldier. It was Sept. 15, 1943, the day after the Salerno invasion on Italy. Salerno was... Read More	Ruben Ali Flores
Pedro Prado	World War II	By Gabriel A. Manzano, Jr. Pete Prado recognizes the brutality and inhumanity of war. But he also knows that because of his experiences during World War II and because of the GI benefits that resulted, his life and the lives of his three... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Juan Provencio	World War II	By Alex Cannon When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Juan Provencio knew what he had to do. As the war overseas had worsened, his father, Manuel, an immigrant from Mexico, had told his sons: "... Read More	Robert Rivas
Manuel Provencio	World War II	By Cheryl Smith Much like the proverbial elder who trudged long distances to school in the snow, wind and rain, Manuel Provencio trekked a couple of miles a day from school to his uncle Juan Galceran's shoe repair shop, where he pulled in a... Read More	Robert Rivas
Carlos Rudolph Quijano Sr.	Korean Conflict	By Stephanie De Luna Carlos R. Quijano, a native of San Antonio’s west side, never imagined that his future would include world travel and achievements most people couldn’t accomplish in two lifetimes. Over 23 years, he served in both the... Read More	Stephanie De Luna
Fortino S Quintana	World War II	Fortino S. Quintana's dream was to be a pilot for the Air Force. Quintana's dream was never realized, however, due to ear problems later attributed to a tumor. Since he couldn't fly, he did the next best thing: repairing and maintained... Read More
Bernarda Lazcano Quintana	World War II	By Yazmin Lazcano As a young girl, Bernarda Quintana and her brothers and sister carried heavy buckets of water to their father, who mixed straw and adobe to create their home in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. When Quintana was 12, her father was... Read More
Carlos Carrillo Quintana	World War II	By Yazmin Lazcano There was once a possibility that Carlos Quintana would never be able to tell his own story. Wounds suffered in battle on the Pacific island of Saipan during World War II left him hardly able to speak or eat properly for... Read More	Rene Zambrano
Ernest Quiroga	World War II	By Melissa Drosjack As an Army entertainer, Ernie Quiroga had a very special audience during World War II – people liberated from concentration camps. "I entertained persons that were in concentration camps and I always wondered why... Read More	William Luna
Jose Ramirez	World War II	By Monica Jean Alaniz Jose Ramirez, Jr. is a man who holds his friends and family close to heart. One can hear the pride in his voice when he speaks of them; it doesn’t matter if they are part of his past or present. Ramirez looks back on... Read More	Monica Jean Alaniz
John Ramirez		By Megan Jones John Corona Ramirez said he and his family did not experience much economic hardship when he was growing up in Topeka, Kansas, during the Great Depression. He did recall, however, that his family often went without new... Read More
Maria Ramirez	World War II	By Luther Xue By the time President John F. Kennedy urged his fellow Americans in 1961: “Ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country,” Maria “Cora” Ramirez already had been helping for 21 years. ... Read More	Drs. Joanne Rao & Mario Sanchez
Conrado Ramirez	World War II	By Jeff Heimsath Conrado P. Ramirez said that having served in World War II opened many doors for him and many other Latinos. "We had the opportunity to go to college," Ramirez said. "We saw other parts of the world than just Alpine... Read More	Drs. Joanne Rao & Mario Sanchez
Calixto Rangel Ramirez		By Jackie Montes Calixto Rangel Ramirez's big fear about serving in World War II was being separated from his family. The soldier would go on to fight valiantly in the Battle of the Bulge, as well as be listed as missing for a few days,... Read More	Karin Brulliard
Adolfo Roberto Ramirez	World War II	By David M. Ramirez On June 6, 1944, Staff Sergeant Adolfo Roberto “Rusty” Ramirez was a member of the largest invasion force in all of recorded history. He was assigned to the 29th Infantry Division, 116th Regimental Combat Team’s 121st... Read More	David M Ramirez
Louis Angel Ramirez		By Jennifer Nalewicki Luis Angel Ramirez has many memories of World War II. But his strongest recollection is the camaraderie soldiers shared in his platoon, which helped Ramirez stay grounded while battling German soldiers on the... Read More	Adrian Bashick
Arturo Ramirez		By Grant Abston As a sophomore at La Salle High School in San Antonio, Texas, Arturo Ramirez stood out from his classmates. Ramirez already had a working history that spanned many years. He had worked alongside his father cleaning... Read More	Grant Abston
Lillian Margerite Hollingsworth Ramirez		By Raquel C. Garza On June 6, 1944, Lillian Marguerite Ramirez was baking gingerbread men as a surprise for a neighbor's child. Ramirez's husband, Oswaldo, meanwhile, was thousands of miles away, serving on the front lines on Omaha... Read More	Raquel C. Garza
Oswaldo V. Ramirez		By Robert Mayer Refusing to be segregated or treated as second-class citizens, Oswaldo Ramirez and about 15 of his Mission, Texas, schoolmates boycotted the new junior high school built solely for Spanish-speaking students. ... Read More	Robert Mayer
Joseph P. Ramirez	World War II	By Cheryl Smith Kemp Joseph Ramirez turned the Army down when officers tried to keep him on at the end of 1945, asking him to serve six more months in World War II, at the promised rank of Sergeant. Ramirez wanted to go home. ... Read More	William Luna
James Ramirez	Political & Civic Engagement	By Britini Shaw James Ramirez remembers a time when Mexican- American communities held dances to pay for the poll tax in Austin. He would ask himself, "Why do people have to pay to vote when it's their constitutional right?" By the... Read More	Britini Shaw
Jose Ramirez		By Will Potter Jose Ramirez remembers his first job: selling newspapers in downtown San Diego. After walking two miles home at the end of his first day of work, he proudly told his parents he earned 3 cents. He was only 8 years... Read More	Rene Zambrano
Jesus Ramirez $Caption written on corner of photo reads:\Como un recuerdo para mi novia quiero con todo mi corazon. Chuy Oct. 2-55\""$		By John Weber Jesus "Chuy" Ramirez believed serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War taught him responsibility. But even as a child, Ramirez, the oldest of four growing up on a farm in the Mexican municipality of Mexicali, Baja... Read More	Valerie Martinez
Jose Angel Ramirez		By Sam Wolloch Jose Ramirez has always been a hard-working man, dating back to his first job selling newspapers in McAllen, Texas. Making 2 cents for every newspaper he sold, he proudly bought a 12-cent cream pitcher for his mother and 2-... Read More	Kevin Bales
Jesus Ramirez		Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Guadalupe G. Ramirez		By STACI SCHUTZE Guadalupe G. "Joe" Ramirez, a Marine who served in the South Pacific during World War II, was so affected by the experience that, to this day, he has nightmares and worries about wasting water. Born in Los Angeles on... Read More	Hector Espinoza
Virginia Tellez Ramirez	World War II	By David Vauthrin In October of 1945, Virginia Tellez Ramirez was at work at Levy's Department Store in downtown Tucson, Ariz., when she got some important news: Her brother Henry, who was captured at Corregidor in the Philippines, was... Read More	Violeta Dominguez
Jose Solis Ramirez		By Andrea Shearer While the USS Gleaves Destroyer Escort was cruising the waters of the Philippines, Jose Ramirez was high up in the poop deck, looking for signs of the enemy through the scope of a 44-mm anti-aircraft gun. In quieter... Read More	Andrea Shearer
Renato R. Ramirez	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Renato Ramirez is a political science professor at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi. He has done extensive research on LULAC v. Richards and the South Texas Border Initiative. Ramirez discusses an array of topics both... Read More	Travis Burt
Alberto Ramirez		By Stephannie Garcia When Albert Ramirez was asked what his favorite thing about serving in the U.S. military was, he responded that it was the opportunity to serve his country; and although he did not say it, his second favorite... Read More	Brenda Menchaca
Felipe Ramirez III	Vietnam	By Voces Staff A bullet in his chest and scars on his stomach were lifelong reminders of Felipe Ramirez's Vietnam War experience. "The first round of bullets hit the machine gun. Before I knew it, I was hit. I felt something. I took... Read More	Desiree T. Hernandez
Angela Isabel Ramirez-Herrera		By David M. Ramirez When Angela Isabel Herrera-Flores married Adolfo Roberto “Rusty” Ramirez on Sept. 7, 1942, she became Angela I. Ramirez-Herrera. She also became a World War II bride. Ramirez’s husband landed at Omaha Beach June... Read More	David M. Ramirez
Clemente L. Ramon		By Douglas Luippold Wearing a blue Marine Corps vest and VFW garrison cap, Clemente Ramon recalled how the skills and education he received over... Read More	Jesse De Russe
Robert P. Ramón		By Antonio Gilb Many of Robert Ramón's wartime memories have faded in the last few decades: Stories of his days in postwar Japan have lost their clarity, and memories of his "nightmare" in the Philippines have dulled in their ability to... Read More	Anthonio Gilb
Ramiro Ramos	World War II	By Brandon Fried Ramiro Ramos has spent much of his life just trying to get by. Raised near the Texas-Mexico border, in the town of Salineno, Ramos was one of seven children born to Rita and Esteban Ramos in the early 1920s. He... Read More	Raquel C. Garza