Title: Hispanic Americans in World War II - Wikipedia
Headings: Hispanic Americans in World War II
Hispanic Americans in World War II
Contents
Terminology
Prelude to World War II
Pearl Harbor
European Theatre
65th Infantry Regiment
Pacific Theatre
Bataan Death March
158th Regimental Combat Team
PFC Guy Gabaldon
Guarding the atomic bomb
United States Coast Guard
Aviators
Servicewomen
Female nurses
Senior Officers
Generals
Major General del Valle
Brigadier General Quesada
Major General Terry de la Mesa Allen
Commanders
Submarine commanders
Military honors
Recipients of the Medal of Honor
Top military decorations
Hero Street, USA
Home front
Discrimination
In the military
After returning home
Post-war commemoration
See also
References
Further reading
External links
Official pages
Academic Sources
Other

Content: As her gunners opened fire and her engineers got up steam, she was struck by torpedoes and bombs from the Japanese attackers. Fifty men were killed and 109 wounded. Among those killed was Trujillo, who became the first Hispanic Marine casualty of World War II. Commander Luis de Florez
When the United States officially entered World War II, Hispanic Americans were among the many American citizens who joined the ranks of United States Armed Forces as volunteers or through the draft. In 1941, Commander Luis de Florez played an instrumental role in the establishment of the Special Devices Division of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (what would later become the NAWCTSD ). He was later assigned as head of the new Special Devices Desk in the Engineering Division of the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics. De Florez, who has been credited with over sixty inventions, urged the Navy to undertake development of "synthetic training devices" to increase readiness. During World War II, he was promoted to captain and, in 1944, to rear admiral. European Theatre
The European Theatre of World War II was an area of heavy fighting between the Allied forces and the Axis powers from September 1, 1939, to May 8, 1945. The majority of Hispanic Americans served in regular units;