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Ramiro Castro	World War II	By Roxanne Telles, California State University, Fullerton After dropping out of high school, Ramiro Castro was working as an electrician when he was drafted in 1943 into the U.S. Army during World War II. He would go on to use his expertise... Read More	Cheryl Brownstein-Santiago
Alfredo A. Castro	World War II	By Erin Neck Alfred Castro wears a cap that bears his medals on the outside but holds his memories of the war inside. Now 80 years old, Castro vividly remembers the details of his life before, during and after the war and the men with... Read More	Laura Loh
Aurora Gonzalez Castro		By Anna Zukowski Aurora Gonzalez Castro's story isn't just about her; it’s also the story of two half-brothers, Caesar and Alfred Castro, both musicians in military bands during World War II, as well as accomplished musicians after the... Read More	Anna Zukowski
Alfredo Castro	World War II	Alfred Castro was the son of an accomplished musician, who recognized early that Alfred had a natural gift and did all he could to foster the boy’s musical growth. Castro’s father, Luis Castro, who played the trumpet with the San Antonio... Read More
Maria del Rosario Castro	Political & Civic Engagement	At a young age, Rosie Castro was outspoken about racial, educational, housing and gender inequality. Despite facing pushback, she became a prominent political and civil rights activist. Castro was born in San Antonio on March 7, 1947. Her... Read More	Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Caesar Catalino Castro	World War II	As a young man in San Antonio, Caesar Castro was an accomplished pianist. His talent caught the attention of a group of famed California musicians who wanted Caesar to move west with them, so that they could mold him. Castro didn'... Read More
Jesus Castro	World War II	By Anthony Sobotik At 30 years of age, Jesus Castro was one of the older soldiers drafted for duty during World War II. However, this soldier and father of six children wasn't about to let his age hinder his dedication or performance. ... Read More	Anthony Sobotik
Ladislao Catalino Castro $Ladislao\L.C.\"Castro in a March 2001 portrait. (Photo by Alan K. Davis)"$	World War II	By Alan K. Davis From their crippled B-24 bomber, Ladislao "L.C." Castro and the rest of the crew could see the white cliffs of Dover across the English Channel, on March 18, 1944. The fuel gauges read empty. The control cables were severed.... Read More	Alan K. Davis
Zoila Antonia Castillo Castro $Sallie Castro gave this picture of herself in her early 20's to Larislao with the words,\To my darling one and only.\""$	World War II	By Nicole Griffith Sallie Castro is the wife, mother, and grandmother of military men. The walls in her living room are covered with pictures of the men in uniform and medals decorate the bookcases. Mrs. Castro, 74, is a... Read More	Nicole Griffith
George Castruita	World War II	By Sparkie Anderson George Castruita has lived a full life. He served in the Pacific in World War II, traveled abroad, witnessed apartheid in South Africa, was chased down by "Paisanos" and had a young woman turn cold when she discovered he... Read More	Steven Rosales
Manuel Cavada	Vietnam	By Lena Price It was an evening like any other in Saigon in April 1968, Manuel Cavada, an Air Force crew chief, was doing the routine maintenance on C-121’s aircraft. His job was to make sure the engines were free of metal debris... Read More	Olivia Puentes-Reynolds
Hilario Cavazos	World War II	By Nicolas Martinez When the government called Hilario Cavazos Jr. to war in October of 1943, he was in his senior year at Laredo's Martin High School, working his way toward college. He asked for an extension to finish high school, but to... Read More	Virgil Hines
Pablo Cavazos	World War II	By Rebecca Eng With 18 pairs of boots and 15 cowboy hats, Seventy-eight-year-old Pablo Cavazos is a walking specimen of Texas pride. His advice to young people is simple: Get a good start in the military. "If they go into the... Read More	William Luna
Carlos Cavazos	World War II	By Yvonne Lim Carlos Cavazos, a veteran infantry instructor, has been wearing his olive-brown wool uniform, along with his Army cap and gray, knotted, tie to special events for 35 years. He keeps the uniform, issued to him more than 50... Read More	Yvonne Lim
Eddie Cavazos	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Cavazos grew up in housing projects as a young boy, he describes it as a tight knit community. Growing up in this environment allowed him to experience different people with various personalities. Cavazos then mentions his... Read More	Lynda Gonzalez
Rene A Cazares	Korean Conflict	Read More	Rita Sanchez
Paul Cedillo	Political & Civic Engagement	By Vinicio Sinta One evening during the early 1970s, a crowd much larger than the usual Latino activists who periodically met in Rosenberg, Texas, poured into the local A.W. Jackson Elementary School to listen to a speech by Congresswoman... Read More	Miguel Gutierrez
Felicitas Joyce Cerda Flores	World War II	By Kendra Mayer Education is said to open the door to opportunity, and Felicitas Flores, who has led an exceptional life, all the while using education as her key to success, knows this well. A Houstonian by birth and by choice,... Read More	Mr. Paul Rodriguez Zepeda
Enrique Cervantes	World War II	By Cary-Anne Olsen A four-line poem written on a birthday card had more influence on World War II Air Force pilot Lieutenant Colonel Henry "Hank" Cervantes than his teacher could have ever imagined. "On my eighth birthday, Miss... Read More	Bruce Ashcroft
Valentino Cervantes	World War II	By Anna Zukowski An award-winning sharpshooter, Valentino "Smokey" Cervantes dodged death as a member of the 801st Tank Destroyer Battalion. On an M-1 Tracked Recovery Vehicle, Cervantes would pick up disabled half tracks after each... Read More	Celina Moreno
Philip Cervantes	Korean Conflict	Philip Cervantes mastered the science of destruction as a specialist in explosives and demolition in a military career during the earliest years of the Cold War. Born in East Los Angeles, California, in 1929, Cervantes was the fourth of 11... Read More	Henry Mendoza
Adrienne Cervantez	Political & Civic Engagement	By Doug Waters Growing up in Dilley, Texas, Adrienne Cervantez (nee Garcia) hated two things: politics and fried cow intestines, or tripas. A lot of her childhood was spent campaigning for her parents, and backyard barbecues were a... Read More	Mr. Douglas Michael Waters
Jaime Chahin	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Jaime Chahin is an advocate for educational equality in Texas. He was the lead witness in the LULAC v Richards case in 1987 that dealt with educational inequality in the South Texas/Border region. He is now a Dean at Texas... Read More
Roberto Chapa	World War II	By Joshua Leighton When Roberto Chapa enlisted in the United States Army on December 2, 1942, he had no idea how much this decision would alter the rest of his life. Though the war was thousands of miles away in Europe and Asia, Chapa... Read More	Joshua Leighton
Elias Ramirez Chapa	World War II	By Manesh Upadhyaya Watching war movies about battle ships as a child in Beeville, Texas, created a yearning in Elias Chapa to enlist in the Navy. At the age of 17, Chapa still wasn’t old enough to sign up for the Navy. Having three... Read More	Denise Morales
Juana Estela Gonzalez Chapa	World War II	By Misty Roberts Estela Gonzalez Chapa's experiences during the war may not have all the drama and suspense of typical war stories; she was living in Rio Grande City, in South Texas. But her memories of the war provide a glimpse of what... Read More	Misty Roberts
Olga Tobías Charles	Political & Civic Engagement	By Voces Staff In the spring of 1970, Olga Charles was a senior at Uvalde High School in South Texas. With just a few weeks before graduation, she was preparing to follow her mother’s career advice: Go to business school and become a... Read More	Anna Casey
Ralph Amado Chavarria	World War II	By Erin Dean Everything is "beautiful" to Ralph Chavarria, an 88-year-old World War II veteran of the Pacific Theater, who is, to this day, a well-known musician in the Phoenix, Ariz., area. Chavarria survived a tough childhood full... Read More	George Diaz
Raúl A Chávez	World War II	By Amy Bauer Aside from a move at 8 months of age, Raul Chavez had never traveled more than the 20 miles from Los Angeles to Catalina Island. Born on Valentine's Day in 1926 in Chihuahua, Mexico, Chavez moved to East L.A. when he was... Read More	Mr. Paul Rodriguez Zepeda
Juanita Silvas Chavez	World War II	Read More	Taylor Peterson
Robert John Chavez	World War II	By Shan Dunn One night in December of 1941, the world changed for Robert John Chavez. He was in the 9th grade and a 15-year-old teenager, attending a dance marathon, when word came over the radio that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor.... Read More	Erika Martinez
John Chavez	World War II	By Amanda Stair John Chavez grew up as an orphan, moving from house to house, and later survived the bloodiest Pacific battle of World War II. After the war, he settled in Tucson, Ariz. So when he looked back, he realized: "My life turned... Read More	Samantha Salazar
Mariano Olivera Chores	World War II	The Other Soldiers Little-remembered treaty sent 300,000 sons of Mexico to the United States during WWII; their weapons were their labor-hardy bodies By Violeta Dominguez The battlefield wasn’t the only... Read More	Violeta Dominguez
Francisco Cigarroa	Political & Civic Engagement	Growing up on the Texas-Mexico border, Francisco Cigarroa developed an understanding that would prepare him to become the first Latino chancellor of the University of Texas System, which allowed him to put into play the creation of the University... Read More	Yenibel Ruiz
Roger Cisneros	World War II	Roger Cisneros is a former state senator and one of Colorado's most dedicated civil rights advocates. He was born Jan. 22, 1924, in Questa, New Mexico, to Donaciano Cisneros and Todosia Martinez. He graduated from high school and... Read More	Joseph Padilla
Alicia Cisneros	Voces of a Pandemic	By: Voces Staff Alicia Cisneros works as a dental assistant in Elgin, Illinois. Due to COVID her work closed for almost two months (March to late May) and they only attended to emergencies. Although the staff and herself always had enough... Read More	Anthony Villanueva
Guadalupe Huerta Conde	World War II	By Brooke West Even after 58 years of marriage, Guadalupe "Lupe" Conde still serenades his wife, Maria, on some nights. It was Maria, he says, who restored the sense of peace he lost in battle in North Africa and Italy. Conde’s... Read More	Carlos Conde
Frank Cordero	World War II	By Sarah Jackson Drafted at 21, Frank Cordero endured hardships typical of most soldiers. But in telling his story, he prefers to dwell on the lighter side of war. Born in 1921 in Alamogordo, N.M., Cordero was the youngest of five... Read More	Veronica Garcia
Alfredo Cordova	World War II	By Julia Zwick Seventy-nine-year-old Alfredo Cordova is one of the thousands of American men and women who served in the Army during World War II. His story starts in a poor town in New Mexico and takes him to California and Europe, and... Read More	Iliana Limón
Lina Martinez Cordova	World War II	By Katherine Sayre Lina Cordova prayed each night for her husband's safe return to her and their two children during World War II. "I used to pray every night, every night I would pray, 'Please God, bring him home,'” Cordova said. "I... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Arnold V Cordova	World War II	By Matthew Pier, California State University, Fullerton He was only a junior in high school, working a part-time job on Sept. 10, 1941, when Arnold Cordova received a government letter ordering him to report for military service. Once in... Read More	Cheryl Brownstein-Santiago
Margarito Correa	World War II	By Edna P. Carmona, For 10 days in 1944, Margarito Correa and nine of his fellow soldiers were lost -- tired and hungry and unsure where to go or what to do. But even in the midst of the chaos, Correa held on to hope, believing his mother'... Read More	Ismael Martinez
Genaro Garcia Cortes	World War II	By Juliana Torres It wasn't the hard work he'd have to endure as a laborer that scared Genaro Cortes as he considered his decision to travel to the States. At 24, he was most worried about the possibility of being drafted. A mason by trade... Read More	Violeta Dominguez
Herman R. Cortez	World War II	By Emily Priest On June 6, 1944, Herman R. Cortez and his fellow soldiers scurried down side ladders onto landing crafts alongside a U.S. military ship as it dropped anchor on the coast of France, placing the men as close to shore as... Read More	Mr. Paul Rodriguez Zepeda
Ascención Ambros Cortez	World War II	By Clara Obregón Ascención Ambros Cortez can't help but cry when she thinks of the sacrifices her brother, Enrique Ambros, and husband, Hernan Cortez, Sr., made for their country during World War II. Her husband lost his right hand and her... Read More	Desirée Mata
Frank R. Cortez		1952 was a big year for young Francisco Rene Cortez. He turned 17, joined the U.S. Marine Corps and got married. The decisions he made that year changed the course of his life. Cortez went from a teenager who dreamed of being a warrior to... Read More	Ryan Edwards
Ramiro G. Cortez	World War II	By Camri Hinkie On August 6, 1944, United States Air Force gunner Ramiro Cortez was about to board a plane bound for Berlin, Germany, which would have been his sixth mission, had he gone through with it. Cortez wasn’t originally... Read More	Jessica El-Khoury
Santiago Brito Craver	World War II	By Alyssa Armentrout As U.S. Army medic Santiago Craver drove his ambulance up to the pick-up site in Northern Africa, one of the wounded men glanced up at him from below. He had a familiar face. "It was one of my friends who... Read More	Robert Rivas
Eliseo Cremar	Korean Conflict	When Eliseo Cremar removed his boots after weeks of frigid combat on the Manchurian border during the Korean conflict, his toenails came off along with his socks. The men of Cremar’s unit, 2nd Infantry Division, 37th Field Artillery... Read More	R.J. Molina
Delfina Josepha Lujan Cuellar	World War II	By Amanda Crawford Delfina Lujan Cuellar grew up in Albuquerque, N.M., at a time when girls were expected to become mothers and wives. Like many Mexican American girls of her generation, she wasn’t allowed to attend school after the eighth... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez