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Soldados razos at war : Chicano politics, identity, and masculinity in the U.S. military from World War II to Vietnam
\"This book explores the catalysts that motivated Mexican American youth to enlist from World War II through the Vietnam War\"--Provided by publisher.
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To the line of fire
In January 1917, German foreign minister Arthur Zimmermann sent a telegram to Germany’s Mexican ambassador, authorizing the offer of U.S. territory in exchange for Mexico’s alliance with Germany in the Great War. After the interception of this communication, U.S. intelligence intensified surveillance of the Mexican American community in Texas and elsewhere, vigilant for signs of subversive activity. Yet, even as this was transpiring, thousands of Tejanos (Mexican Texans) were serving in the American military during the war, with many other citizens of Mexican origin contributing to home front efforts.
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The ghosts of Hero Street : how one small Mexican-American community gave so much in World War II and Korea
\"They came from one street, but death found them in many places...in a distant jungle, a frozen forest, and trapped in the flaming wreckage of a bomber blown from the sky. One died going over a fence during the greatest paratrooper assault in history. Another fell in the biggest battle of World War II. Yet another, riddled with bullets in an audacious act of heroism during a decisive onslaught a world, and a war, away. All came from a single street in a railroad town called Silvis, Illinois, a tiny stretch of dirt barely a block and a half long, with an unparalleled history. The twenty-two Mexican-American families who lived on that one street sent fifty-seven of their children to fight in World War II and Korea--more than any other place that size anywhere in the country. Eight of those children died. It's a distinction recognized by the Department of Defense, and it earned that rutted, unpaved strip a distinguished name. Today it's known as Hero Street. This is the story of those brave men and their families, how they fought both in battle and to be accepted in an American society that remained biased against them even after they returned home as heroes. Based on interviews with relatives, friends, and soldiers who served alongside the men, as well as personal letters and photographs, The Ghosts of Hero Street is the compelling and inspiring account of a street of soldiers--and men--who would not be denied their dignity or their honor\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Guarding the Border
Ward Loren Schrantz, of Carthage, Missouri, entered the U.S. Army in 1912, at a time when military leaders were still seriously debating the future of the horse cavalry. He left active military service in 1946, after the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. Schrantz served capably at a time when the U.S. military was undergoing rapid technological and strategic transformation and, as a journalist and attentive observer, left a vivid personal account of his time in the Army and Missouri National Guard.
Editor Jeff Patrick has woven three undated versions of Schrantz's memoir into a single narrative focused on the sparsely documented pre–World War I period from 1912 to 1917, thus helping to fill a significant gap in the existing literature. Schrantz's memoir is notable not only for the period it covers, but also for its lively evocation of a soldier's life during the U.S.-Mexico border disturbances of the early twentieth century. Schrantz's account demonstrates the perennial contrast between how soldiers were expected to behave and how they actually behaved; it offers colorful and authentic details not usually available from official histories. Patrick also has added an appendix consisting of the letters that Schrantz wrote for publication in his hometown newspaper, the Carthage Evening Press.
These documents yield interesting insights into the attitudes and dispositions of U.S. soldiers during this time, as well as the perceptions and opinions of the folks back home. Students, scholars, and others interested in military and borderlands history will find much to enjoy in Guarding the Border: The Military Memoirs of Ward Schrantz, 1912–1917.
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Fighting the Peace at Home: Mexican American Veterans and the 1944 GI Bill of Rights
The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1944 has become the focus of increased scrutiny. Many of the bill's limitations in terms of race, gender, and sexuality have recently been explored. This article examines the postwar construction of veteran identity by Mexican American veterans and the GI Bill's ultimate impact on that process. I place particular emphasis on economic mobility, political activism, and the psychiatric and medical services provided by the Veterans Administration to illustrate how public policy influenced that emerging identity. Moreover, I challenge conclusions that adopt an either/or binary by illustrating how the matrix of military service, the GI Bill, and citizenship influenced postwar civic engagement and varying degrees of socioeconomic advancement for Mexican American veterans.
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Heroes & martyrs: Emma Goldman, Sacco & Vanzetti & the revolutionary struggle
Stories Hollywood Never Tells is a little more original, an exploration of how films portray history--or how they might. Recorded as past of the Taos Talking Film Festival, Stories rattles off [Howard Zinn]'s litany of events people should have made movies about, but didn't--because Hollywood doesn't make movies that make people \"more class-conscious, or more anti-war, or more conscious of the need for racial equality and sexual equality. No, they're not going to make movies like this.\" In Stories, Zinn proposes other tales, tales from the standpoint of ordinary soldiers in the Mexican War, or in Shay's Rebellion shortly after the American Revolutionary War. Or a re-telling of Helen Keller's story that depicts her -- correctly -- as a radical socialist and anti-war activist. Or re-tellings of labour stories like the Railroad Strikes of 1877, or the Haymarket affair of 1886, or a film about Eugene Debs--which, Zinn laments, has never been made. Let's hope some filmmaker takes a cue from this cd!
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