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Used with permission. Courtesy of the the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin.

Andrew Esparza (center) joined the Navy in 1942 and fought with honor in the Pacific.1

Used with permission. Courtesy of the the U.S. Latino & Latina WWII Oral History Project, Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas at Austin.

Tizoc Romero joined the Navy in 1943.2

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Sailors and Mexican Americans in the Zoot Suit Riots (June 1943).

Used with permission. Courtesy of Carlos Larralde

Luisa Moreno protests Zoot Suit riot.

Used with permission. Courtesy of Carlos Larralde

This much publicized photograph of Luisa Moreno was taken in 1950 by Gray Bemis in his well-equipped photo lab in the Moreno home.

Used with permission. Courtesy of Rudolfo Jacobo

Don Jesus Jacobo, on left, was a bracero working in Fallbrook who returned to Mexico to visit his family.

Used with permission. Courtesy of California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, University of California, Santa Barbara

Los Gallos was a social club that participated in and organized community events during the 1950s.3

Footnotes

1Andrew Esparza joined the Navy in 1942 after attending San Diego High School. He and his buddies fought in the Pacific. Andrew won the Bronze Star, the Bronze Service Arrowhead and the World War II Victory Medal. Back to photo of Esparza

2Tizoc  Romero joined the Navy in 1943.  He was born in San Diego one of six children and the first to graduate from high school. Back to photo of Tizoc

3 Los Gallos joined with other youth clubs and had meetings with the female social clubs from other areas of San Diego. They sponsored free cartoon shows for children at the former historical Cornet Theater in Logan Heights. They also sponsored many dances where bands played the popular rhythm and blues of the 1950s era. Many future Chicano leaders were part of these clubs such as Salvador Torres and Roberto Martinez. Back to photo of Los Gallos

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