Eloy D. Baca
By Henry Mendoza
That his Purple Heart came in the mail long after he was home probably says the most about Eloy Baca's tenure as a soldier in the United States Army and, for that matter, the way most Latino veterans approached World War II -- it was something that had to be done so they gave it their best in a simple, straightforward manner.
For Baca, like his fellow veterans, that was quite a lot.