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Patriots from the Barrio : the story of Company E, 141st Infantry : the only all Mexican American Army unit in World War II / Dave Gutierrez.
Van Pelt Library D769.31 141st .G885 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gutierrez, Dave.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Mexican American.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Mexican Americans--Personal narratives.
- World War, 1939-1945--Mexican Americans--Interviews.
- World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--United States--Interviews.
- Mexican Americans--Interviews.
- Mexican Americans.
- Military participation--Mexican American.
- Veterans.
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 141st.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 260 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Yardley, Pennsylvannia : Westholme Publishing, LLC, [2018].
- Contents:
- Mexico
- San Felipe
- Repatriation
- Children of the barrio
- The Tejano army
- Combat training
- Camp Edwards
- North Africa
- Avalanche
- Salerno the first D-Day
- Rafael Torres (RQ) and the iron monsters
- Alta villa
- The dreadful Mt. Rotondo
- Deadly 88s
- San Pietro
- Patrolling the rapido
- River of death
- Above and beyond
- Monte Cassino
- Road to Rome
- The return
- G.I. Forum
- Veterans of Company E
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-244) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594162992
- 1594162999
- OCLC:
- 1037278272
- Publisher Number:
- 99977332659
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