History professor, Dr. Jose A. Ramirez, spends some time with LaSanbe to discuss his book, To The Line Of Fire: Mexican Texans and World War I. In this podcast, the author takes us through the lives of Mexican-Americans before, during, and after The Great War.
Their great contributions to this country in the time of war are lauded, but the struggle of poverty, and discrimination continue when they return home. This book also recognizes David Cantu Barkley, who is thought of as the first Mexican-American to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
So sit back and enjoy To The Line Of Fire.
5 comments:
Very nice .
a well done to Jose from Nebraska.
Dr. Jose Ramirez is a Cigarroa H.S. graduate and got his PhD. in History from SMU.
One passage that I found funny was, "How could you look the flag in the face," one asked, "if you were dirty with gonorrhea?"
Apparently, soldiers during training camp were known to seek out prostitutes when they were not busy training. So the military saw to it that they were educated, especially in the area of STDs, so they put out posters to keep the soldiers on the up and up.
This book was the winner of the Robert A. Calvert Book Prize.
Nice job. Do you know if they have "Toro Legends" at Cigarroa (as they do "Tiger Legends" at Martin)? Dr. Ramirez should be honored if not already.
Dr. Jose Ramirez does his Alma Mater proud. Congratulations on your book and your PhD.
(That gives me hope since my son will most likely be attended CHS in a few years.)
I graduated with Dr. Ramirez and am very proud to hear of this book... It's great to hear the our Valedictorian has accomplished so much. Best of luck to him!
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