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Arnold Feliu Garcia	World War II	Arnold Feliu Garcia was born in San German, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 19, 1911, to Andres Garcia Lopez and Celia Feliu Servera. As a boy in Puerto Rico, he met and fell in love with Tomasita “Tommi” Ribas of Ponce. They soon parted, however, as he,... Read More	Ted Bridis
Dr. Juliet Villareal Garcia	Political & Civic Engagement	Juliet Garcia forged her own way into the all-male “club” of Texas community college presidents to become president of Brownsville’s Texas Southmost College in 1986. Eventually, she would become the president of the University of Texas at... Read More	Chelsea Moreno
Ricardo Garcia	World War II	By Caitlynn Taylor “It was the worst thing to happen,” Ricardo Garcia said of his time in the 5th Marine Division in Okinawa. Garcia spent 10 days on the front lines, waiting in the daylight and fighting and surviving bombings at... Read More	Raquel C. Garza
Esteban R. Garcia	World War II	By Kristin Stanford While still a teenager, Esteban R. "Steve" Garcia learned firsthand that destroyers -- unlike nerves or stomachs -- are made of nearly impervious steel. As waves incessantly pounded the sides of the four-stacker... Read More	Liza Moreno
Arnold Garcia	Vietnam	By Jonathan Woo Arnold Garcia Jr. had never felt more powerful in his life. The West Texas native sat by himself in the barracks on base in Illesheim, West Germany, when a fellow soldier named Horton -- who never hid his disdain... Read More	Jonathan Woo
Gabriel Garcia	Korean Conflict, Vietnam	By Ruben Espinoza When Gabriel Garcia left his family’s home in Mercedes for Army basic training in the summer of 1952, it was the first time he had ever been away from South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley. California’s Camp Roberts was... Read More	Cheryl Smith Kemp
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
Carolyn Jean Garcia	Political & Civic Engagement	By Alexandra Cannon Carolyn Garcia has lived by the words her father shared with her when she was only a child: "God gave you a voice. And if you don't talk for yourself or for others, then what good was it that he gave you a voice? You... Read More	Alexandra Cannon
Raymond Garcia	Vietnam	By Andres Salinas Raymond Garcia, a proud Mexican-American who grew up in a small, segregated Texas town, enlisted in the U.S. Army to help support his family and to help his country. He fought as a heavy machinegun specialist during the... Read More	Andres Salinas
Elizabeth Ruiz Garcia	World War II	By Hannah McIntyre Elizabeth Garcia, who stayed home and worked while her husband was away serving in World War II, feels that the best career she could have is helping others. Garcia has spent her life working to take care of other... Read More	Hannah McIntyre
Narciso Garcia	World War II	By Scott Reister To become an Air Cadet in the Army's World War II training program, one had to display physical and mental superiority. Cadets had to be the best of the best, and follow a path of intense training in preparation for... Read More	Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
Willie C. Garcia	World War II	By Hannah McIntyre Like many World War II veterans, Willie Garcia married his bride right before shipping out of town to prepare for overseas combat. In 1944, Marfa, Texas, native Garcia met Elizabeth Ruiz while stationed... Read More	Katie Woody
Armando Oscar Garcia	Vietnam	By Grant Abston In August 1945, Armando O. Garcia and his family gathered around the radio and listened to the news: The United States had just dropped an atomic bomb on Japan. Although the destruction took place far away, it was a... Read More	Frank Hernandez
Gilbert Garcia	World War II	By Meridith Kohut There were ways to battle tedium in the long stretches at sea: poker games, movie nights and dishes of ice cream. But for Gilbert Garcia of Houston, Texas, it was mostly the poker winnings he relished. At sea, Garcia... Read More
José Blas García	World War II	By Doralis Perez-Soto In December 1941, 18-year-old José Blas García traveled from his neighborhood of Trastalleres, an area among the swamps and mangrove trees near Caño de Martín Peña in Santurce, Puerto Rico, with four friends to... Read More	Doralis Perez-Soto
Teodoro Garcia	World War II	By IRMA GARCIA Teodoro Garcia grew up poor in Presidio, Texas, a small border town, during the Great Depression. To relieve the family's burden, he left home in Clovis, N.M., to live with his grandmother in Presidio. Garcia only reached... Read More	Ray Atencio
Saragosa Garcia	World War II	By Sierra Brasher Saragosa A. Garcia always marched to the beat of a different drum. And his ability to play music, to change the tempo of his life, along with the assurance from carrying a treasured Holy Bible and his mother's... Read More
Maria R. Garcia	Political & Civic Engagement	By the time her husband began pushing the idea of greater participation by Mexican Americans in her small South Texas town, Maria Ramirez Garcia had developed a strong and broad network of contacts who could support the effort. Garcia was... Read More	Joseph Garcia
Carmen García-Rosado	World War II	By Eduardo Miranda, California State University, Fullerton While World War II was underway thousands of miles away, Carmen García Rosado, a young schoolteacher... Read More	Manuel Aviles-Santiago
Moises Garza	World War II	By Ismael Martinez Moises Garza enjoyed the simple farm life of La Joya, Texas. Born Sept. 4, 1924, he grew up by a river and enjoyed fishing and hunting deer and ducks. Garza remembers huge family gatherings where they cooked food... Read More	Yudith Vargas
Luis R. Garza	World War II	By Hason Halpert For Air Force Gunner Luis Garza, the worst thing that could have happened to him during World War II occurred before he even got overseas. “While we were waiting [to go overseas], my mother got a notice that my... Read More	Raquel C. Garza
Eduardo Cavazos Garza	Vietnam	By Emily Macrander "I'm a new man." Eduardo Cavazos Garza was speaking to himself, or out loud. He wasn't sure and didn't really care. He was on a boat, floating down another South Vietnam river. It was the summer of 1969. He... Read More	Emily Macrander
Alejandro Paiz Garza	World War II	By Cheryl Smith Kemp When Alejandro P. Garza got called up for the war, he was working in a Houston shipyard as a welder. Garza was 18, and, the year before, had dropped out of A.C. Jones High School in his hometown of Beeville, Texas, to... Read More	Martin Montez
Rudy Vela Garza	World War II	By Elliott Blackburn For Raul de la Garza, the cratered landscape was a constant reminder of just how close the battlefield was. De La Garza remembers one particular evening when he and fellow soldiers were laying communications wire. The... Read More	William Luna
Josué "George" Garza	Political & Civic Engagement	By Taylor Gantt In 1970, George Garza was a popular middle school teacher in Uvalde, Texas. But when the school board repeatedly declined to renew his contract, he became a central figure in a six-week school walkout that changed the small... Read More	Prakriti Bhardwaj
Jose Guadalupe Garza	World War II	By Liliana Martinez When Jose Guadalupe Garza was in the 9th grade in Brownsville, Texas, in 1937, his Anglo teacher asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. "I told her I wanted to be a lawyer, but she told me that I wanted to... Read More	Ms. Vanesa Salinas
Gonzalo Garza	World War II	By Jennifer Gallo Gonzalo Garza's commitment to the Marines Corps began with the recruiting pamphlet. Of the five principles dubbed as "pillars" for that institution, Garza was particularly serious about using education as a guide after... Read More	Juan Campos
Guadalupe I. Garza	World War II	By Melanie Jarrett By the time World War II ended, Guadalupe Garza had traveled hostile roads through French Morocco, Spanish Morocco, Algiers, Tunisia, Sicily, Italy, Gibraltar, Scotland, England, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany and... Read More	Domingo Marquez
Federico Garza Jr.	Political & Civic Engagement	By: Voces Staff Federico Garza recalls his early childhood life. Garza grew up on a rural farm, seven miles north of Mission. He described his early life as selling tomatoes on the side of the road and getting into trouble. Growing up in... Read More	Chris Touma
Benigno Gaytan	World War II	By Melissa Mendoza “Most of my friends, they say, ‘Let’s join the Navy,’” said Benigno “Tony” Gaytan, when asked why he signed up for the Armed Forces during World War II. “I said, ‘OK.’” At 17, Gaytan was working as a stock... Read More	Amanda Peña
Richard Geissler	Vietnam	By Joshua Avelar For Richard Geissler Jr., a U.S. Army veteran who became a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War, passion for community activism shaped his life despite the many different communities he served and the overbearing... Read More	Frank Trejo
Narciso Gil	World War II	By Andy Valdez The Gil family story is one of overcoming the Great Depression, discrimination and one of service: four of the Gil brothers would answer their country's call to arms. Paul, Simón, Narciso and Otis would bear arms... Read More	Andrea Valdez
Otis Gil	World War II	By Andy Valdez The Gil family story is one of overcoming the Great Depression and discrimination, as well as one of service, as three of the four Gil brothers would answer their country's call to arms. Paul, Narciso and Otis would... Read More	Andrea Valdez
Paul Gil	World War II	By Andy Valdez The Gil family story is one of overcoming the Great Depression and discrimination, as well as one of service, as three of the four Gil brothers would answer their country's call to arms. Paul, Narciso and Otis would... Read More	Andrea Valdez
Pete Gil	World War II	By Andy Valdez The Gil family story is one of overcoming the Great Depression and discrimination, as well as one of service, as three of the four Gil brothers would answer their country's call to arms. Paul, Narciso and Otis would... Read More	Andrea Valdez
Emiliano Espinosa Gimeno	World War II	By Brandon Fields, St. Bonaventure University Emiliano E. Gimeno remembers that when Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, he initially did not realize how the event would change his life. Born in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 24, 1921... Read More	Joseph Padilla
Mike C Gomez	World War II	By Christine Powers "I had a bitter taste in my mouth when I learned both my sons were drafted for Vietnam," said World War II veteran Mike Gomez. He leaned forward in his seat, paused for a second and then emphasized: "A bitter taste... Read More	Ricardo Pimentel
Graciano Gomez	World War II	By Edwin de la Torre Experiences change lives forever, and for Graciano Gomez, serving during World War II was the experience he said opened his eyes and mind to a greater picture. After his service he returned with new goals and a greater... Read More	Henry Mendoza
Margaret Juárez Gómez	Political & Civic Engagement	By the Voces staff Margaret J. Gómez credits her early political awareness to her father. He was a Mexican immigrant with little education, but he closely followed political and world events. “He read the newspaper from cover to... Read More	Arnold Garcia
Fred Gomez	World War II	By Wesley Monier To fulfill a promise made many years ago to a young soldier friend killed in battle, Ferdinand “Fred” Gomez named his oldest son Raymond. The two men vowed that if one of them died, the other one would name his first son... Read More	William Luna
Marcus Lopez Gomez	World War II	By Otto Smith-Goeke Marcus Lopez Gomez has seen many forms of racial discrimination and difficult economic times throughout his life. As a veteran of World War II, Gomez's war experiences, family-oriented perspective and emphasis on work... Read More	Rene Zambrano
Johnnie Ramos Gonsalez	World War II	By Alyson Espino Johnnie Gonsalez can't recall much of his time serving in the military, but he remembers how grateful he was to make it back home alive. Born in the small city of Florence, Kansas, Gonsalez grew up with three brothers... Read More	Tella Garcia
Norman Gonzales	World War II	By Emiko Fitzgerald It wasn't until he went for his physical, after being drafted in October of 1942, that Lufkin, Texas, native Norman Gonzales realized he was blind in one eye. However, that didn’t stop Gonzales from serving in the... Read More	Mr. Paul Rodriguez Zepeda
Pablo B. Gonzales	World War II	By Christine Pev On Dec. 7, 1941, 20-year-old Pablo Gonzales heard on the radio in his hometown of Sabinal, Texas, that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor, and he immediately wanted to enlist in the military to help defend his country.... Read More	Jeffery K. Wantanabe
Armando E. Gonzales	World War II	By Dionicia Rivera Lying in a cold stream with a bullet wound to his chest, Armando E. Gonzales felt his body getting weaker. Surrounded by the enemy in the Aleutian Islands, Gonzales had been shot by a sniper; he thought his life was over... Read More	Jennifer Kelleher
Seferino Nino Gonzales	World War II	By Diana Pena Sitting in front of a disassembled cuckoo clock, Seferino Nino Gonzales’ demeanor gave little hint that he was a veteran of at least two wars, which he described as a “very pleasant experience.” At the time of his... Read More	Raquel Garza
Juan Carlos Gonzales	Vietnam	By Lindsey Craun As a child, Juan Carlos Gonzales felt destined to fight for his country. He grew up in a home surrounded by a father and four uncles who were World War II veterans, and he remembered feeling that patriotism and strategic... Read More	Valerie Martinez
Abelardo Martinez Gonzales	World War II	By Trinidad Aguirre A paratrooper and medical corpsman for the 507th Airborne Regiment, Abelardo M. Gonzales fought in World War II using bandages instead of bullets, tourniquets instead of bayonets. Gonzales recalled his combat... Read More	Trinidad Tito Aguirre
Encarnacion A. Gonzalez	World War II	By DIONICIA RIVERA Lying in a cold stream with a bullet wound to his chest, Encarnacion Armando Gonzales felt his body getting weaker and thought his life was over. Surrounded by the enemy in the Aleutian Islands, he had been shot by a... Read More	Jennifer Sinco Kelleher
Carmen R. Gonzalez	World War II	By Anthony Sobotik Carmen Gonzalez has shouldered his responsibilities with grace Gonzalez was milking cows at a neighbor's farm to help support his family by the time he was 12. And during World War II, he did his duty on the... Read More	Nicole Cruz

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