Latino vets of Tucson join outcry over ‘War’
Tagged: Arizona, children, prisonPosted on: August 27th, 2007“Frank Mendez was 16 years old when he enlisted in the Army in 1940. Three years later he waded ashore with the 1st Calvary Division in the invasion of the Philippines.
He was wounded in Manila during the rescue of more than 3,000 imprisoned American civilians, mainly women and children. Several days later Sgt. Mendez returned to combat leading his .50-caliber machine-gun squad.
Mendez, discharged and having been awarded a Purple Heart, returned home to Tucson, married, and he and his wife raised five children.”
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