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Postcard from Vincent Martinez at U.S. Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL, 1943. Vincent Martinez was the son of Esperanza and Cruz Martinez; he served in the Navy during World War II.

Puerto Rican WACs celebrate New Year's Eve at national Women's Army Corps training camp, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. 1944.

Blanca Vasquez, second from left, with Puerto Rican women at Fort Des Moines, 1945

On International Grape Boycott Day - May 10, 1969 – LULAC members picketed supermarkets in the Quad Cities. Henry Vargas, with his daughter Rita at his side, carried a sign that read, “Justice and Dignity for the Farm Worker.”

Rachel Garza Carreón in Fort Madison