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Mark Escamilla	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Mark Escamilla, who is the current President of Del Mar Community College grew up in Corpus Christi and attended college there himself. When he was of college age, the court case LULAC v. Richards was in progress and... Read More	Elizabeth Quinn Phelan
Raul Munoz Escobar	World War II	By David Muto Raul Escobar hesitates while recalling memories of bodies lying on the sands of Iwo Jima. He bows his head before continuing, repositioning a cap reading: “Once a Marine, Always a Marine.” “I used to get so many... Read More	Raquel C. Garza
Concepción Alvarado Escobedo	World War II	By Sandra Freyberg Growing up as the oldest of six girls, Concepción Alvarado Escobedo learned early what it means to take responsibility. Even when she was hardly more than a toddler she helped her mother take care of her younger sisters... Read More	Sandra Freyberg
Angel F. Esparza	World War II	By Bianca Camaño Education was always important in the Esparza home. So from an early age, Angel Esparza expected he and his six siblings would graduate from high school and go on to college. Esparza attributes his high educational... Read More	Robert Rivas
Andrew Esparza	World War II	By Jacob Collazo In the late 1930s, as war intensified in Europe, the United States was coming out of the Depression, but not yet directly involved in the War. In San Diego, a high school student named Andrew C. Esparza was biding... Read More	Rene Zambrano
Noe Espindola	World War II	By Megan Breckenridge Growing up in an artistic family that moved between the United States and Mexico, Noe Espindola was immersed in two cultures and languages. In time, however, he was given the opportunity to serve his native country... Read More	Philip Rodriguez
Manuel Espinoza	World War II	By Xochitl Salazar Manuel Espinoza's father, Concepción, was struck by lightning in 1930 while working on railroad tracks in Colorado. The older Espinoza's death had great repercussions: His young widow, Ventura Mendoza Espinoza, and... Read More	Xochitl Salazar
Mary Espiritu	World War II, Political & Civic Engagement	By Rebecca Millner In more than 40 years of service, Mary Espiritu De Leon received at least 45 awards and honors, recognizing her commitment to San Antonio's Latino community, and especially its women. Her role as a spokeswoman and... Read More	Stephen Casanova
Antonio M. Esquivel	World War II	By Robin Larson For Antonio "Tony"M. Esquivel, any romanticized remembrances of youth are tempered with memories of pervasive pre-war segregation in his hometown and the inescapable horror he endured in combat. "I liked the service... Read More	Dr. Carlos G. Velez-Ibanez
Gregoria Acosta Esquivel	World War II	By Lori Slaughenhoupt Gregoria Esquivel was strongly influenced by her uncles who served in the military during World War II. Their patriotism and involvement in the war effort helped shape her perspective on life when she was only a child... Read More	Laura Herrera
Rafaela Muniz Esquivel	World War II	By Joanne R. Sanchez San Antonio, TX - When she was seven years old, Rafaela Muñiz Esquivel - the second oldest in the family that would eventually include 15 children - began caring for her brothers and sisters. Rafaela stayed home from... Read More	Drs. Joanne Rao & Mario Sanchez
Baldomero Estala	World War II	By David Muto Growing up in San Antonio, Texas, Baldomero Estala relied on quiet independence. In junior high school – from which Estala withdrew for economic reasons before fighting in World War II – he kept to himself, he says.... Read More	Cheryl Smith Kemp
Herlinda Mendoza Buitron Estrada	World War II	By Whitney Sterling On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, the entire Buitron family, including all nine children, was sitting in church when the pastor... Read More	Gloria Monita
Jim Estrada	Vietnam	By Lindsey Craun Jim Estrada, a 17-year-old high school dropout, showed up for Air Force technical training in Biloxi, Mississippi. He was surrounded by college students. But within several weeks, Estrada's intelligence emerged,... Read More	Lindsey Craun
Enrique Rodriguez Falcon	World War II	By Jennifer Yee Like many veterans coming home from World War II, Henry Falcon remembers having a difficult time adjusting to American society. His return to the peace of America was a stark contrast to his three years of fierce air combat... Read More	Mr. Paul Rodriguez Zepeda
Lorenzo Falcon	World War II	By Karina Valenzuela The Falcon family's military service extends beyond four brothers' time in World War II. For one thing, Raúl, José and Alejandro would eventually each have a son who served in the military: Raúl’s oldest son, Raúl... Read More	Tamez Raul
Randel Zepeda Fernández	World War II	By Colleen Torma Randel Zepeda Fernández was only a baby when his family moved from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to El Paso, Texas, and then to Los Angeles. But later, as a young man, his lack of United States citizenship hampered him. "I... Read More	Steven Rosales
Diana Fernandez	Political & Civic Engagement	Diana Fernandez was born in 1950 in Corpus Christi, Texas. She grew up in a newly developed, integrated neighbored designed to serve people working at the Navy base. Pursuing higher education was not a continuous topic of discussion in Fernandez’... Read More	Brittany Mendez
John Fernandez	World War II	By Spencer Hamilton A simple announcement for aviation cadet training at a camp in Washburn Island, Mass., piqued John Fernandez’s interest, so he applied. He just never expected to make it. But to the El Paso, Texas, native’s... Read More	Robert Rivas
Estela Fernandez	World War II	By Jenn Zwillenberg Estela Fernandez was a young woman in El Paso, Texas, when World War II began, so the battlegrounds seemed distant. Wartime wasn’t about soldiers and combat. Instead, while her husband Johnny was away, she learned... Read More	Delia Esparza
Rafael Fíerro	World War II	By Lynn Maguire Rafael Fierro graduated from a small Texas high school in May of 1939, hoping to go to college on a basketball scholarship; but rather than donning a basketball jersey, he put on the uniform of a U.S. soldier. "I went... Read More	Elizabeth Flores
Eduardo Fierro	Vietnam	By Gilbert Song “All gave some, some gave all” is an old adage that captures the sense of duty and honor Eduardo M. Fierro felt about his service in Vietnam. Around noon one Sunday in May 1968, while on a sweep-and-destroy mission,... Read More	Frank L. Hernandez
Alfred P. Flores	World War II	By Soren Silkenson When Alfred P. Flores was 16, his brother Robert, was lost in an early guided missile attack that sank his ship, the Rohna, three miles off the coast of Italy. The sinking in the Mediterranean of the British troop... Read More	Jenny Achilles
Guadalupe Rodriguez Flores	World War II	By Jeffrey McWhorter Morning broke as the train rolled into Texarkana, Texas. “Now don’t close your eyes,” the porter admonished a 22-year-old Bertha Flores, “because we’re getting close … and we’ll pass it real fast.” For... Read More	Raquel C. Garza
Moises Flores	World War II	By Deborah Bonn During a brief trip home from the war in Japan, Moises Flores surprised a whole colony in Mexico that thought he’d been killed in combat. Among those shocked by Flores' return was the sheriff in Chihuahua, Mexico’s... Read More	Joe Myers Vasquez
Ramon C. Flores	World War II	By Cari Hammerstrom Ramon C. Flores was 64 years old when the Persian Gulf War began. Struck with pangs of patriotism, the World War II veteran promptly showed up at the recruitment office and tried to enlist, but was turned away because of... Read More	Andrea Williams
Raymond J. Flores	World War II	By Shelby Tracy Raymond J. Flores has always been a fighter. He volunteered for the Army in the midst of World War II, but a defective leg kept him from fighting overseas. His lifelong battle for freedom would be done on the... Read More	Violeta Dominguez
Rafael Flores	World War II	By Victoria Brown Cal State, Fullerton Rafael Flores put his life on hold when he was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II at the age of 22. His experiences in the Army not only matured him, but also changed his outlook on... Read More
Blandina Cardenas Flores	Political & Civic Engagement	By the Voces Staff Former University of Texas-Pan American president Blandina “Bambi” Cardenas Flores found her life’s purpose at a very early age: working to provide quality education to students, no matter their ethnicity or their... Read More	Nathalia Hernandez
Juana D. Flores	World War II	By David Muto Juana Flores holds up a photograph her husband sent her while at war more than 60 years ago. “For my dear wife, Juana,” script on the back of the picture reads. “The love I have for you is unforgettable.” ... Read More	Armando Segouia
Olga Delgado Flores	World War II	By Eric Latcham When her new husband shipped off for the Philippines, Olga Delgado Flores was pregnant back home in El Paso, Texas. Only 15 years old when she married 18-year-old Ramón Flores, she had dreams of a better life for her... Read More	Edna Amador
Belisario & Mrs. Flores	World War II, Korean Conflict	By J. Barrett Williams Brigadier General Belisario Flores, who served his country for more than 40 years during three wars, retired from the Texas Air National Guard and the United States Air Force in the summer of 1986. Upon his... Read More	Cheryl Smith Kemp
Armando D Flores	World War II	By Bettina Luis CORPUS CHRISTI, TX-On October 21, 2000, through the efforts of former alumni, a historical marker was erected on the south side of the Nueces County courthouse dedicated to the Cheston L. Heath Grammar School. The marker... Read More	Bettina Luis
Johnnie W. Flores	World War II	By Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez Johnnie W. Flores was the fifth of seven children born to Jose Maria and Teresa (Huizar) Flores, on a farm outside of Somerset, Texas, a community southeast of San Antonio. In the mid-1930s, Johnnie moved to... Read More
Teodoro Franco	World War II	By Cheryl Smith Looking at the elderly man in the brown fedora and navy blue dress coat, preening his snowy mustache with a miniature comb from his shirt pocket, one would never suspect the turbulent road he has followed throughout his life... Read More	Andrea Shearer
Edward Frazer	World War II	By Kathleen Bily Growing up in San Antonio, Texas, Edward Frazer’s first teacher thought he was mentally disabled because he spoke only Spanish. But during his World War II service in the Philippines, that Spanish became one of his best... Read More	Raquel C. Garza
Santos Acosta Fuentes	World War II	By Karla González It was 1944 and 28-year-old Santos (Sandy) Acosta had lost all hopes of meeting the man she would marry and live with for the rest of her life. But that same year, the fantasy became a reality. Sandy Acosta met a... Read More	Karla Gonzalez
Toby Fuentes	World War II	By Nora Ramirez For 58 years, the sounds of flying bullets and torpedo explosions have tormented Toby Fuentes. Sitting outside the porch of his house in a peaceful, almost rural area of East Austin, Fuentes recently recounted the... Read More	Nora Ramirez
Leonard Vara Fuentes	World War II	BY LINDSAY FITZPATRICK Even after flying several successful missions over Italy during WWII, Leonard Fuentes was prepared to continue serving his country, and remained in the military after the war, serving in Korea. Fuentes graduated... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Guy Gabaldon	World War II	By Ruchika Joshi Guy Gabaldon said he stopped counting how many people he was taking prisoner in Saipan during World War II. But in a 1957 episode of the television program, "This Is Your Life," his fellow Marines credited him with single-... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Jose Galindo	World War II	By Lisa Cummings When President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Nationality Act of 1940 on October 14 of that year, Jose Galindo's life would never be the same. The act allowed Mexican-born residents to be drafted or volunteer for the U.S... Read More	Lisa Cummings
Ramón Galindo	World War II	By Marta McGonagle It was May 8, 1945. The war in Europe was over, but not for Ramón G. Galindo. After the death of Adolph Hitler, it was Galindo's 571st Anti-Aircraft Automatic Weapons Battalion that was stationed at Hitler's... Read More	Martamaria McGonagle
Thomas Galindo	World War II	By Antonio Gilb Thomas Galindo was working at an Austin drug store selling sodas for 35 cents when he heard the shocking report on the radio. It was news that would irrevocably change the 19-year-old's life. The date was Dec. 7, 1941... Read More	Antonio Gilb
Reynaldo Perez Gallardo	World War II	By Lucy Guevara As the son of a Mexican Army general and an aficionado of airplanes since childhood, Reynaldo Perez Gallardo was a perfect candidate to join Mexico's Fighter Squadron 201, the only combat unit from that country to... Read More	Lucy Guevara
Hortense Mota Gallardo	World War II	By Alicia Downard When Hortense Mota Gallardo recalls her childhood growing up in Depression-era San Antonio, Texas, she remembers the generosity of her father, Bartollo Mota, and how he not only provided for his own family, but for... Read More	Drs. Joanne Rao & Mario Sanchez
Elena Peña Gallego	World War II	By Lindsay Peyton While scores of Latinos valiantly served their country amid discrimination during World War II, many -- such as Elena Gallego of Fort Stockton, Texas -- fought social battles on the homefront. The wife of a WWII... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Pete A. Gallego	World War II	By Leslie McLain When Pete A. Gallego returned from World War II after having helped changed the course of history, he found his hometown hadn’t undergone such dramatic transformation. Instead, the population in Alpine, Texas, had... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Iris Galvan	Political & Civic Engagement	By Rebecca Chavoya An old Hispanic man pushed a tamale cart down the streets of Rosenberg, Texas, in 1974. Iris Galvan, 18-year-old high school student and member of Juventud Unida, approached him with a warm, welcoming demeanor. “... Read More	Rebecca Chavoya
Cipriano Gamez	World War II	By Ashley Tompkins Cipriano Gamez contends he "never did anything outstanding," but many would disagree. His actions speak for themselves and for the thousands of other men who served in World War II. Born in Belmont, Iowa, in 1922... Read More	William Luna
Servando & Mrs. Garcia	Vietnam	By Mosettee Lorenz Servando Garcia's 20-year military career allowed him to spend time in numerous countries, including France, Germany, Japan and Vietnam. Before joining the military, Garcia had only left the United States to visit... Read More	Mosettee Lorenz

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