▁stores , ▁and ▁a ided ▁compat ri ots ▁attempting ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁from ▁Mexico ▁after ▁the ▁Mexican ▁Revolution ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 0 . ▁Chinese ▁mer ch ants ▁supplied ▁General ▁John ▁Pers hing ' s ▁army ▁in ▁its ▁expedition ▁against ▁Pan cho ▁Villa . ▁Success ful ▁Chinese ▁in ▁T uc son ▁led ▁a ▁vi able ▁community ▁based ▁on ▁social ▁integration , ▁friendship , ▁and ▁kin ship . ▁A ▁representative ▁community ▁leader ▁was ▁Lee ▁We e ▁K won , ▁who ▁arrived ▁as ▁a ▁refuge e ▁from ▁the ▁Mexican ▁civil ▁war ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 7 , ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁prominent ▁gro cer ▁and ▁community ▁leader ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 5 . ▁ ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁During ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁( 1 9 4 1 – 4 5 ) ▁Mexican - American ▁community ▁organizations ▁were ▁very ▁active ▁in ▁patri otic ▁efforts ▁to ▁support ▁American ▁troops ▁abroad , ▁and ▁made ▁efforts ▁to ▁support ▁the ▁war ▁effort ▁material ly ▁and ▁to ▁provide ▁moral ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁young ▁American ▁men ▁fighting ▁the ▁war , ▁especially ▁the ▁young ▁Mexican - American ▁men ▁from ▁local ▁communities . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁community ▁projects ▁were ▁co oper ative ▁vent ures ▁in ▁which ▁members ▁of ▁both ▁the ▁Mexican - American ▁and ▁Ang lo ▁communities ▁participated . ▁Most ▁efforts ▁made ▁in ▁the ▁Mexican - American ▁community , ▁however , ▁represented ▁local ized ▁American ▁home ▁front ▁activities ▁that ▁were ▁separate ▁from ▁the ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁Ang lo ▁community . ▁ ▁Mexican - American ▁women ▁in ▁T uc