Medal of Honor Story

Posted by 11.60sc on April 14, 2014

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The late Dr. Hector P. Garcia founded the American GI Forum in 1948, in Corpus Christi, Texas, after seeing the treatment Mexican-American and other minority veterans endured when they returned from WWII.

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Photos of Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial at TAMUCC courtesy of Third Coast Photo,
all other pictures unless labeled otherwise are the courtesy of the
Dr. Hector P. Garcia Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Bell Library
with a special thanks to Curator Grace Charles for her valuable expertise, knowledge and assistance.

2023 Dr. Hector P. Garcia Memorial Foundation. All rights reserved.

 

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