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Carmen Rosado is interviewed about her experience in the Las WACS - The Women's Army Corps.

A letter from alderman Joseph Terronez in support of renaming Second Street in Silvis, Illinois, Hero Street and building a monument to commemorate the Mexican Americans who lost their lives in World War II and the Korean war, 1968-05-12

Mexican American women in West Des Moines, Iowa, collecting scrap metal to support the war effort, 1942.

Rudy Macias address card.

V-Mail Mother's Day greetings from Private Rudolph Macías to his mother Guadalupe Macías in Davenport, Iowa, 1944.

Western Union telegram from Rudy Macías to his mother Guadalupe Macías, 1945. At the end of the war, Rudy Macias telegrammed his mother in Davenport: "I'M OVER HERE FROM OVER THERE AND WILL BE WITH YOU SOON, LOVE RUDY."

Off-duty pass for Rudolph Macías, ca. 1942.

Rudy Macías, on military leave, with his sisters in Davenport, Iowa, ca. 1942.

Rudolph "Rudy" Macías, the son of Manuel and Guadalupe Macias, served in the Cavalry, ca. 1943.