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Latino Americans
More than a half million Latino Americans enlisted in the Armed Services as the War offered them a chance to claim the United States as their own and gain the right to equality.
More than a half million Latino Americans enlisted in the Armed Services as the War offered them a chance to claim the United States as their own and gain the right to equality.
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Bill Lansford, center, with fellow Marines after Guadalcanal. The note written on the photograph says "The Terrible Trio." New Hebrides, 1942.
Source: Bill Lansford
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Bill Lansford, center, with fellow Marines before their deployment to Guadalcanal. He served with Colonel Carlson's 2nd Raider Battalion known as Carlson's Raiders.
Source: Bill Lansford
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Returning home, Bill Lansford enjoyed swapping war stories with fellow soldiers and the new kind of freedom.
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Of Mexican descent, Bill Lansford noticed very little discrimination growing up.
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Marine ID card belonging to Bill Lansford.
Source: Bill Lansford
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Latino soldiers tended to volunteer for the more dangerous tasks during the war.
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Lt. Col. F. Evans Carlson (front row, third from left) with his famed Carlson's Raiders, the 2nd Raider Battalion. February, 1943, Guadalcanal.
Source: National Archives
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Bill Lansford and Pete Arias talk about being part of "Carlson's Raiders"
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Marines Pete Arias and Bill Lansford land on Iwo Jima.
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Mexican girls bunch broccoli on a farm in Maricopa Arizona. January, 1942
Source: National Archives (16-G-159(2)AAA8172W)
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Pete Arias was born in 1923, one of nine siblings born to Mexican immigrants. He was raised on a farm in Los Angeles County and joined the Marines one month after Pearl Harbor. He heard about an elite commando unit begin formed and decided to volunteer. After an interview, he . . .
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Hearing the news of a U.S. declaration of war, citizens of Taos gather in the town square for a war rally. December 11, 1941, New Mexico.
Source: National Archives (83-G-41681)
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Hearing the news of a U.S. declaration of war, citizens of Taos gather in the town square for a war rally. December 11, 1941, New Mexico.
Source: National Archives (ARC Identifier 521906)
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Hearing the news of a U.S. declaration of war, citizens of Taos gather in the town square for a war rally. December 11, 1941, New Mexico.
Source: National Archives (ARC Identifier 521907)
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Cities across the country exploded with work needed to keep the Allies fighting overseas.
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