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: When conscription was increased, some Puerto Ricans from the island were assigned as replacements to units in the Panama Canal Zone and British Caribbean islands, which were made up mostly of continental (United States mainland) soldiers. Most Puerto Ricans and Hispanics residing in Puerto Rico were assigned to the 65th Infantry Regiment or to the Puerto Rico National Guard. These were the only all-Hispanic units whose statistics were kept. Puerto Rican aviators were sent to the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Tuskegee, Alabama, to train the famed 99th Fighter Squadron of the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen was a segregated unit of African-Americans and Hispanics of African heritage. They were the first people of African heritage to become military aviators in the United States armed forces. More than 53,000 Puerto Ricans and Hispanics who resided on the island served in the war. According to Senator Robert Menendez, more than 9,000 Latinos died in the defense of the United States in World War II. Because of lack of separate documentation, the total number of Hispanic Americans who died in the conflict is unknown. Contents
1 Terminology
2 Prelude to World War II
3 Pearl Harbor
4 European Theatre
4.1 65th Infantry Regiment
5 Pacific Theatre
5.1 Bataan Death March
5.2 158th Regimental Combat Team
5.3 PFC Guy Gabaldon
5.4 Guarding the atomic bomb
6 United States Coast Guard
7 Aviators
8 Servicewomen
8.1 Female nurses
9 Senior Officers
9.1 Generals
9.2 Commanders
9.3 Submarine commanders
10 Military honors
10.1 Recipients of the Medal of Honor
10.2 Top military decorations
10.3 Hero Street, USA
11 Home front
12 Discrimination
12.1 In the military
12.2 After returning home
13 Post-war commemoration
14 See also
15 References
16 Further reading
17 External links
Terminology
Hispanic American is an ethnic term used to categorize any citizen or resident of the United States, of any racial background, and of any religion, who has at least one ancestor from the people of Spain or any of the Spanish-speaking countries of the Americas.