Posts tagged ‘World-War-II’

On War and Remembrance: Hispanics and World War II

Posted October 19th, 2007
by Felipe de Ortego y Gasca

At 81, World War II seems like a world and a half ago. I had just turned 17 when I enlisted in the Marines during the dark days of World War II and 20 when I was mustered out in 1946. My role in that “great war” was nominal. Its heroes lie buried on far-flung [...]

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