| Description |
1 online resource (x, 315 pages) |
| Contents |
Mexican Americans in the United States -- World War II Terms, Places, and Some Important Events -- Prelude to War -- Introduction -- European/Atlantic Theater -- The Pacific Theater -- Prisoners of War -- Also Affected. |
| Summary |
Many Catholic families blessed their children before they left home. After the Blessing tells the stories of many young Mexican Americans who left home to fight for their country. During the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), many families fled Mexico to prevent their underage sons from being forced to fight. Ironically, the offspring of these immigrants often ended up across the ocean in a much larger war. Despite the bias and mistreatment most Mexican Americans faced in the US, some 500,000 fought bravely for their country during World War II. Their stories range from hair-raising accounts of the Battle of the Bulge to gut-wrenching testimony about cannibalism in the Pacific. In After the Blessing Mexican Americans reveal their experiences in combat during WWII-stories that have rarely been told. Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Mexican American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Mexican Americans -- Interviews.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States -- Interviews.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Catholic.
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Mexican American Catholics -- Interviews.
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Mexican American Catholics. |
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Mexican Americans. |
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Military participation -- Mexican American. |
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Veterans. |
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United States. |
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World War (1939-1945) |
| Chronological Term |
1939-1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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interviews.
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Interviews.
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Personal narratives -- American.
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Interviews.
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Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Read, Esther Bonilla, 1937- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: After the blessing Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, [2022] 9780875658049 (DLC) 2021046810 |
| ISBN |
9780875658100 electronic book |
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0875658105 electronic book |
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9780875658049 paperback |
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0875658040 |
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