Life and Times of Sergeant Jose M. Lopez - Mexican By Birth, American By Valor

Informationen zum Autor Manuel F. Medrano is professor emeritus at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Klappentext This study provides a biography of Jose M. Lopez, who earned the US Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. The author examines how he returned to segregation and discrimination in the United States and how court decisions, civil rights legislation, and veterans' organizations became part of the postwar US political agenda. Zusammenfassung This study provides a biography of Jose M. Lopez, who earned the US Congressional Medal of Honor during World War II. The author examines how he returned to segregation and discrimination in the United States and how court decisions, civil rights legislation, and veterans’ organizations became part of the postwar US political agenda. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: The Way Things Occur: Operation Castaña, The Urgency of Oral History Chapter 2: Together We Win Chapter 3: Homefront Heroes: Rosie the Riveter, Betty Crocker and the Real Women of War Chapter 4: Los Medalleros (Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients) Tejanos Chapter 5: From Mexico to the Magic Valley Chapter 6: Boxer, Sailor and Husband Chapter 7: Company K and the Machine Gun Man Chapter 8: After the War: What Cannot Be Forgotten Chapter 9: Keeping a Promesa Chapter 10: Always a Soldier: When the Trumpet Blew Appendix: An Interview with José M. López Bibliography About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Manuel F. Medrano, Medrano Manuel F.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2022
• EAN: 9781666917833
• ISBN: 978-1-66691-783-3
• No. of pages: 134
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Ethnic Studies, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, World War Two period (c 1939 to c 1945), Second World War, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Hispanic & Latino Studies, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General