Chep Alonzo: Duty, honor – WWII Vet in Kansas
Tagged: KansasPosted on: January 3rd, 2007“Many of our Veteran’s grew up during the World War II era hearing of battles and lives being lost in Europe and other far-away lands. Some of them would celebrate the end of WWII as teen-agers and then find themselves seeing action in the Korean War in the early fifties.
Chep Alonzo was born and raised in Topeka, Kansas. In the 40s and 50s most Mexican Americans were called “Mexicans” throughout the state: in many instances in a derogatory manner. Most were second generation or third generation American citizens. They would later find themselves in a paradox situation, when later in the 80s they would be criticized for not calling themselves “Americans.””
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