Episodes

  • Euripides Rubio - Hispanic Heroes

    Euripides Rubio - Hispanic Heroes
    Jun 25 2010
    November of 1966, Captain Rubio of the 1st Battalion was near Vietnam Tet Nem Province when the enemy launched an attack.
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    2 mins
  • Cleto Rodriguez - Hispanic Heroes

    Cleto Rodriguez - Hispanic Heroes
    Jun 25 2010
    During the Battle for Manila, Cleto Rodriquez of the 148th infantry attacked pillboxes and a fortified train station guarded by 300 Japanese soldiers. He paved the way for the U.S. capturing this crucial position.
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    2 mins
  • Horacio Rivera - Hispanic Heroes

    Horacio Rivera - Hispanic Heroes
    Jun 25 2010
    Horacio Rivera graduated 3rd in his class at the Naval Academy and turned down a Rhodes Scholarship because he wanted to continue his service in the Navy. He became an expert on radar and this gave the U.S. a huge advantage in the beginning of WW2.
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    2 mins
  • Lt. Oscar Perdomo - Hispanic Heroes

    Lt. Oscar Perdomo - Hispanic Heroes
    Jun 25 2010
    The P47 was an able workforce group of the Army AirCorps. After the atomic bombs were dropped and the U.S. was waiting for Japan to surrender, this aircorps did an 8 hour sorting that spanned over 1,800 miles. They faced off versus 50 Japanese fighter jets when there was 38 of them.
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    2 mins
  • Joseph Martinez - Hispanic Heroes

    Joseph Martinez - Hispanic Heroes
    Jun 25 2010
    Joseph Martinez landed on Atu Island in 1943 with the 32nd infantry. They were facing fierce Japanese attacks and needed their crucial position. Battles took place in the rocky, snow-covered mountains.
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    2 mins
  • Sgt. Jose Lopez - Hispanic Heroes

    Sgt. Jose Lopez - Hispanic Heroes
    Jun 25 2010
    Sgt. Lopez of Brownsville, TX, faced the all-out assault against the Germans in the winter of 1944 at the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. He fought in knee-deep snow.
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    2 mins
  • Felix Longoria - Hispanic Heroes

    Felix Longoria - Hispanic Heroes
    Jun 25 2010
    When Felix Longoria died in the Pacific Theater, his sister tells the story of how Longoria's wake faced discrimination.
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    2 mins
  • Silvestre Herrera - Hispanic Heroes

    Silvestre Herrera - Hispanic Heroes
    Jun 25 2010
    The 27 year old father and husband, PFC Herrera went all out near the French-German border in March of 1945. He stepped on a mine field in his fight to defeat the well-prepared Germans. His leg was severed but that didn't stop him. What happens next will blow your mind...
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    2 mins