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Ruben Robert Ramos	World War II	By Laura Clark At 5 o’clock on the morning on July 4, 1944, Ruben Ramos stood on the deck of the USS Denver and watched three squadrons of Navy Hellcat fighters take off from a nearby aircraft carrier to attack the airfields on the heavily... Read More	Jose Figueroa
Isidro Ramos	World War II	By Rachel Vallejo As his unit hit the beaches of Guadalcanal, a small island in the South Pacific, 18-year-old Isidro Ramos witnessed for the first time the bloody price of war: dump trucks full of Marines’ bodies “stacked up like wood,”... Read More
Pedro Ramos Santana	Korean Conflict	By Gabriela Chabolla One of 14 children born to parents who worked on a sugar plantation in Guayama, Puerto Rico, Pedro Ramos Santana built his life around hard work and accountability. His father worked in the field, while his... Read More	Humberto Garcia
Mary Patricia Rangel		By Wes Hamilton Mary Patricia Torrez Rangel knew there were places in Topeka, Kan., where Latinos were not allowed to go -- swimming pools, movie theaters, and restaurants. She simply refused to obey the restrictions. “You know you... Read More	Valerie Martinez
Felipe A Rangel		By Joshua Carniewski Felipe Rangel was in the Korean War, was wounded, and lived to tell the tale. His memory isn't the best, but it's not because of the battle wounds. Rangel was born in 1931 in Topeka, Kansas, and his childhood was... Read More	Joseph Schuetz
Solomen M Rangel		By Caroline Flores He may only have had an eighth-grade education, but Solomen Rangel knew to stand up for his beliefs and how to get ahead. He not only enlisted and became a sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, he... Read More	Rudy Padilla
Yajaira Rangel	Voces of a Pandemic	By: Voces Staff Yajaira Rangel, an elementary school teacher in Mesquite, Texas, has had to figure out how to teach her students online during the COVID-19 pandemic. She says the pandemic has impacted her financially, mentally and... Read More	Evelyn Ambriz
Alberto Rede	World War II	By Barrett Williams Flying at full speed above Australia in a C-47 during WWII, radioman Alberto Rede heard bullets ripping through the plane, followed by a sputtering engine. His mind raced: If power to the engines is lost, the... Read More	Robert Rivas
Reynaldo Benavides Rendon		By Erica Sparks Unlike most World War II soldiers from the U.S., Reynaldo Benavides Rendon joined the military to get out of jail. He wound up there in 1942 after an immigration officer outside of Corpus Christi, Texas, stepped onto a... Read More	Juan Marinez
James Rendon		By Kristen Morado James R. Rendon, born and raised in Laredo, Texas, gave up his last semester of high school and enlisted in the Marine Corps with no hesitation to serve his country in Vietnam. Rendon, who enlisted on April 15,... Read More	David Muto
Rosana Resende	Voces of a Pandemic	By: Voces Staff Rosana Resende, a resident of Florida, is a post-secondary instructor transitioning into a job with the federal government in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. She is dealing with challenges as an instructor during a time... Read More	Jackie Pedota
Francisco Rodriguez Resendez		By Katherine Hearty It was Frank Resendez's first night in New Guinea in November of 1943 and his company had carelessly left on the residential lights. A mistake that could have cost them their lives, as the rumbling and reverberating of... Read More	Katherine Hearty
Mary Colunga Carmona Resendez		By Cliff Despres Austin resident Mary Resendez remembers exactly where she was on Dec. 7, 1941, the day the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor: where she usually was on Sunday -- at Mass. "We heard [about the bombing] on a Sunday at church," said... Read More	Cliff Despres
Nubia Revilla	Voces of a Pandemic	Por: Equipo de Voces Nubia Revilla es originaria de Nicaragua y educadora de escuela media. Durante su vida profesional trabajo como gerente de banco, pero decidió seguir su pasión y se convirtio en educadora. Nubia enseño clases en varios... Read More	Dominique Montiel
Frances Correa Reyes	World War II	By Danielle WIlson Frances Reyes has understood the inherently difficult nature of life since childhood. Raised in the late 1920s, she and her family could only afford to buy beans and rice consistently at the neighborhood store. They... Read More
Jesus G. Reyes		By Cynthia Agnew Jesus "Jesse" Reyes, an accomplished shoe repairman, painter and World War II veteran, describes his Army experience as a life-altering phenomenon that helped him become the man he is today. The will to fight for his life... Read More	Mr. Paul Rodriguez Zepeda
Ramon Reyes		By Melissa Wood, Saint Bonaventure University Ramon Reyes' life in the town of Wellington, Kansas, could almost be described as quiet and simple, except for the two years he served in the Korean War. His father, Teofilo "Toby" Reyes,... Read More	Dale Nulik
Adolfo Vega Reyes	World War II	By Zachary Warmbrodt Around March of 1921, Anita Vega Reyes and her three young boys were on the run. Her husband, Pedro Reyes, had owned a mine in their hometown of Cananea, Sonora, and he was getting too political, his youngest son Adolfo... Read More	Steven Rosales
John Reyes	Vietnam	By Julie Rene Tran The deep scar on his right arm, a slash made by a Viet Cong fighter’s knife, became barely visible. His eyebrows grew back and missing flesh on his calves, vestiges of a mortar attack, filled in. The upper lip, the one... Read More	Julie Rene Tran
María Elisa Reyes Rodríguez	World War II	By Cheryl Smith Seventy-seven-year-old María Elisa Reyes Rodriguez isn’t shy about opening her mouth when something's not right. As a Mexican American woman and former employee of the United States Civil Service, she has developed strong... Read More	Ryan Bauer
Jennifer Reyna	Voces of a Pandemic	By: Voces Staff Jennifer Reyna is a 30-year-old tech worker who lives in Portland, Oregon. She was born and raised in El Monte, California. She has lived in Portland since 2016 and works for a tech company called Squarespace. Before COVID... Read More	Vincent Peña
Estanislado Reyna		By Donetta Nagle Estanislado "Stanley" Reyna braved enemy fire in the Philippines in a daring attempt to save the life of his sergeant in 1945. "His arm had been blown off, and his left side was shot," Reyna said. After... Read More	Nicole Cruz
Antonio Ramos Reyna		By Matthew Trana When Tony Reyna arrived at Normandy Beach on June 9, 1944, three days after the D-Day launch, he couldn't believe his eyes. "It was real rough," Reyna said. "...People cut in half. Some had no head, some had no... Read More	Matthew Trana
Tereso Reza	Korean Conflict	By Michael John Loffredo, St. Bonaventure University While many Navy sailors stepped foot on land to fight for the United States during the Korean War, Tereso Reza spent his years of service working aboard a ship. While not seeing action... Read More	Vicki Torres
Antonio Rico	World War II	By Brandi Richey If it wasn't for ice cream, Antonio Rico's experience in the Navy during World War II might have been even more tedious. Stationed in Guam in 1945, Rico remembers the long hours pulling guard duty on the island. "... Read More
Roque John Riojas		By Maxx Scholten Gunning down loose poultry with his military-issued M1 rifle just to savor the sweet taste of fried chicken and collecting cowpie patties to burn to keep away the nip of mosquitoes -- these are some of the memories Roque... Read More	Valerie Martinez
Morris Riojas		By Frank Trejo Morris Riojas lived through some of the most horrific and brutal fighting of the Pacific during World War II. In campaigns from the Solomon Islands to the Philippines, he witnessed countless deaths, both Japanese and... Read More	Kelli Lambert
Joe M. Riojas	World War II	Joe Riojas was stationed in the Pacific during World War II with the Army Air Corps, but his letters home never told the dangers he faced. Riojas was assigned to the 58th Fighter Group, 69th Fighter Squadron. Later, he was transferred to... Read More	Vinicio Sinta
Rolando L. Rios	Vietnam, Political & Civic Engagement	By Jess Brown It was the summer of 1952. Leo Rios, a cab driver, was shot dead by a passenger he had just picked up on the streets of San Antonio, Texas. His wife, Teresa Hernandez, was left with a broken heart to nurse and three daughters... Read More	Jessica Brown
Gregory Rios		By Miguel Gutierrez, Jr. The first time Gregory Rios cast a vote was in the 1960 presidential elections, when he supported John F. Kennedy. It made an impression on him -- especially because of the poll tax, which people in some states... Read More	Miguel Gutierrez
Reginald Rios	World War II	By Chris Nay Infantryman Reginald Rios watched helplessly in December of 1944 as two fellow Americans fell to enemy fire while U.S. Sherman tanks faced off against German Panzers in northern France. His only thought: to survive.... Read More	Christopher Nay
Francisco Armando Ríos Padilla	Korean Conflict	By Bryce Spadafora, St. Bonaventure University During the Korean War, Francisco Ríos Padilla, a high school dropout, was determined to leave Denver, Colorado. One day, he walked past a Coast Guard recruiting station on 15th Street. He went... Read More	Joseph Padilla
Ramon Martín Rivas		By Frank Trejo A radio signal that happened to bounce all the way north to Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands provided a lifeline for Ramon Martín Rivas during World War II. It was the early stage of the war and Rivas, a... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Henrietta Lopez Rivas		By Sherri Fauver For a generation that experienced both the Great Depression and the trials of World War II, hardship and sacrifice was a fact of life. If you add to that, the experience of being a Latino and a woman at a time when... Read More	Veronica Flores
Manuel O. Rivas		By Unity Peterson A self-described "little fighter" in grammar school, Manuel "Manny" Rivas often got himself and his twin brother, Sal, into trouble. Since the schoolteachers couldn't tell the boys apart, they were both punished with... Read More	Christopher Nay
Benjamin "Ben" S. Rivera	Vietnam	By Blake Barber, California State University, Fullerton Looking back on his experience while serving with the U.S. Marines in Vietnam, Ben Rivera evoked three years full of uncertainty about making it home, but also friendships that... Read More	Taylor Peterson
Alonzo Robert Rivera	Vietnam	By Ali Vise Catching a midnight train in Fresno, Calif., Alonzo R. Rivera Jr., watched his mother, draped with a blanket, crying as she said goodbye. At that moment, the work of his childhood harvesting grapes and cotton became a thing of... Read More	Olivia Puentes-Reynolds
José A. Rivera	World War II	By Melissa Ayala A devastating bomb on the other side of the Pacific Ocean and, the war was over for Jose Rivera and the rest of the world. When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroying that... Read More	Doralis Perez Soto
Francisco Robledo	Political & Civic Engagement	Interview by Anderson Boyd Former Frio County Justice of the Peace Francisco Robledo hadn't questioned why the social order in Pearsall, Texas, was as it was. But a meeting at his children's school snapped him out of complacency. Two... Read More	Anderson Boyd
Manuel Robles	World War II	By May-Ying Lam Manuel Robles, an 85-year-old World War II veteran, grasps a gold- and black-edged frame with steady fingers. In the center is a faded black and white photograph with a beaming young soldier frozen in time. Robles... Read More	Jose Figueroa
Cruz M. Rodriguez	World War II	By Marjon Rostami One day Cruz Rodriguez was picking corn and tomatoes on a farm outside of Chicago; the next day, the undocumented Mexican immigrant was preparing to go to war. "They [the U.S. Army] didn't care if you were legal or... Read More	William Luna
Andres Chavez Rodriguez		By Erika Martinez When Andres Chavez Rodriguez was 16 years old in a small village in the state of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, his father sent him to live with his uncle in Monterrey. "From then on, my life changed," Chavez Rodriguez said... Read More	Yolanda C. Padilla
Armando Miguel Rodriguez	World War II	By Heather Anne Watkins Dr. Armando Rodriguez knows what it's like to be oppressed, but with a strong will he rose to the top and is living a long, happy life. Immigrating to the U.S. from Mexico when he was six years old, growing up in a... Read More	Rene Zambrano
Benito L. Rodriguez	World War II	By Andria Infante Benito L. Rodriguez served 20 years in the service and doesn't regret a single second. Rodriguez went in willingly, volunteering to serve his country; in the course of his tour of duty, he risked his life and was... Read More	Andria Infante
Nestor Rodriguez	Vietnam	By Ben Wermund In the spring of 1968, Nestor Rodriguez was desperate to get out of his hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas. Facing social pressure after a broken engagement, the usually straight-A student was failing his fourth semester... Read More	Ben Wermund
Eriberto G Rodriguez	World War II	By Janet Herrgesell For Eriberto Rodriguez, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor provided ample motivation to fight in World War II. Rodriguez was a teenager on Dec. 7, 1941 when he heard about the bombing. "Everybody was talking... Read More	Liliana Rodriguez
Emilio Rodriguez		By J. Myers Vasquez As acting squad leader and a combat veteran during World War II, Emilio G. Rodriguez was charged with the responsibility of indoctrinating new soldiers coming to the front lines. "The enemy is in front of us,"... Read More	Joe Myers Vasquez
Joseph Rodriguez		By Alicia Dietrich When New Mexico native Joseph Rodriguez set sail from New York harbor bound for Europe to fight in World War II, he had no idea where he was headed. He only knew they were traveling east. "We didn't know nada," said... Read More	Ron Pacheco
Ralph Rodriguez		By Sara Kunz Ralph Rodriguez dreamed of being an ambassador to Central America after graduating from college, but his plans were crushed when he was drafted into the U.S. Army in February of 1941. Rodriguez had been working at New Mexico... Read More	Brian Lucero
Fernando & Mrs. Gloria Rodriguez	Vietnam	By Joseph Muller Unlike many U.S. military veterans who served in Southeast Asia during the 1960s, Fernando Rodriguez did not see a Vietnamese battlefield, even though he volunteered to fight more than once. The closest that the... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez