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One example of a Marine Corps member who was awarded the Medal of Honor is Robert Murray Hanson. Robert M. Hanson was born on February 4, 1920, in Lucknow, India and was the son of Methodist missionaries who served in India for several years. In Mussoorie in the Western India Himalayas, Robert M. Hanson along with his siblings attended Woodstock School which was an American-run missionary school. He then attended a junior high school in the United

"Stanley Smith Hughes was born in Elmira, New York, in the United States on 29 October 1918". he was the commander of the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He commanded the first Marine Regiment which was the navy unit involved in the Battle of Hue. We can not name him without recalling that he fought whith extraordinary heroism. He received two Navy Crosses and a Silver Star during the Second World War. He also earned the Legion of Merit in Hue

The veteran I was able to interview was Vincent Michael McKinney, who goes by Mike. Mike was born in Brooklyn, and raised in Park Slope, seventeenth Street and Ninth Avenue. Mike was a veteran of the fabled “Big Red One”, he was awarded the Silver Star for rally his man to take a pill box.

In Empire Rising by Thomas Kelly, Tough Tommy Touhey was enjoying wealth that much of New York City envied during the Great Depression, as he was the biggest racketeer in the Bronx and longtime friend of Johnny Farrell, an important figure in Tammany Hall. Touhey was a well known criminal and sympathizer to the Irish Republican cause, selling the Irish Republican Army guns and providing their men with daytime jobs. After many years of prosperity, Touhey’s reign hit a patch of turbulence when an Italian mobster known as the Dago began to move in on his territory, looking to usurp his title as the most powerful crime lord in the Bronx. To make matters worse, Touhey’s friend and partner Johnny Farrell was beginning to have doubts about their partnership, wondering if he should support the Dago instead. Once things heated up between Touhey and the Dago, Touhey faked his own death and escaped to San Francisco. In Empire Rising, Tough Tommy Touhey serves as the main vehicle by which the underlying message of “the consequences of the choices we make and the allegiances we keep” is conveyed.

PFC Lopez's served with distinction while assigned to Hotel Company, 1st Battalion, 3d United States Infantry Regiment as a member of the 3rd Platoon Firing Party. In Hotel Company, PFC Lopez participated in the 58th Presidential Inauguration, 15 Department of the Army retirements, 10 General Officer retirements, five Special General Officer retirements, five Presidential and Heads of State Cordons and six Army Full Honor Wreath

In every theater of war, Hispanic Soldiers from all around the world have risked their lives in defense of the United States. Hispanic Americans have not hesitated to defend and show their allegiance to this nation in many different ways, but especially through military service. On January 31, 1929 a Mexican-American, Richard Cavazos, was born in Kingsville, Texas. Later, he earned his commission as a distinguished graduate from the ROTC program at Texas Technological University in 1951, and also attended the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, the British Staff College and the Armed Forces Staff College.

Howard Wasdin was born Howard E. Wilbanks on November 8, 1961 in Boynton Beach, Florida to his 15 year old mother. He was born prematurely, weighed 3 pounds 2 ounces, and was carried home in a shoebox. He was raised in Screven, Georgia and went to Cumberland College before enlisting in the Navy. As a child, Wasdin suffered from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) because of an extremely abusive stepfather who beat him often and violently. When he was in the Navy, he served as a sailor in the Atlantic Fleet and as a Navy SEAL. He was on the elite SEAL Team Six. Some challenges he faced were being abused by his stepfather Leon, he was in a helicopter crash while on a mission, and he was shot in the leg three times.

Major General Manuel Castrillon was born Cuban and made his way to Mexico with the Spanish army invasion. He then switch and served alongside of Gen. Santa Anna around 1822 after meeting him near the states of Veracruz. He was admirer by Santa Anna even with his constant objections. Castrillon expertly and efficiently led his troop even after opposing the assault on the Alamo. His humane character pleaded for the Texans but the honorable soldier cry for mercy was ignored and any surviving men were

Marco Martinez was born and raised in Austin, Texas. He joined the United States Army in 1987 and served until 1992 as an Environmental Health Specialist. Marco had combat deployments to Panama and the First Persian Gulf War.

Philip Torres was a Captain for the military and despite being their excuteioner he had said killing isnt easy. Joe Johnson the new captain was also

His father was in World War II, a Marine in the Third Marine Division. He fought the Japanese in the Pacific.

The documentary “Valentía: Mexican-Americans in the World War II” by PBS explores the experience of some Mexican-American veterans during this military conflict. Such documentary is narrated by Richard Yñiguez, an actor whose parents, Rudy Yñiguez and Santiaga Carrillo, served in the American army during the WW II.

a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto his name is Robert McAlphin Williamson. Williamson

The Father of Operation Pedro Pan, a Legacy of Freedom and Hope for Cuban Children.

He then returned to the US and was given command of a force of "Immunes", African-American troops assumed to be immune to tropical diseases found in Cuba. For all his effort, great dedication and initiative, Captain Rowan received the Distinguished Service Cross.