Leon Eguia, one of Houston’s 1st Latino firefighters

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Posted on: May 6th, 2008
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“Leon Eguia, one of the first Hispanics to become firefighters in the Houston Fire Department and a former president of LULAC Council No. 60, died Sunday in a Houston hospital. He was 86.

Eguia’s interest in the League of United Latin American Citizens developed after he encountered prejudice upon returning to Texas after serving as a paratrooper in World War II.”*

*From: http://www.chron.com
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