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Guest Voz: Heroes is spelled Heroes in Spanish, too

Mar 19, 2014, 10:03 AM 0

By Raoul Lowery Contreras LatinaLista President Barack Obama awarded 23 Medals of Honor yesterday in the White House to WWII, Korea and Vietnam War Army U.S fighting men who were victims of army bigotry. When their own officers submitted…

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A Hero Not to be Forgotten: Master Sergeant Raul (Roy) Perez Benavidez

Jun 10, 2013, 10:24 AM 0

La Voz Newspapers Roy P. Benavidez was born in Lindenau near Cuero, Texas in DeWitt County. He was the son of a Mexican father and a Yaqui Indian mother. When he was two years old, his father died of…

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Guest Voz: Remembering valor of Latino soldiers isn’t always easy through eyes of American History

Jan 14, 2013, 12:10 PM 1

By Raoul Lowery Contreras LatinaLista Ever heard of Mexican American Marcelino Serna? He was a contemporary of U.S. Army Sergeant Alvin York in France in September, 1918. Private Serna wounded a German who ran away. Serna, also wounded, followed…