This raw footage is part one of an interview with Sergeant José M. López. In this interview, López dicusses growing up in Southern Texas, working on ships in California, his wife, his experiences in the European Theater of World War II, recieving the Congressional Medal of Honor, returning to Texas after World War II, his time in the Korean War, his children, the importance of education, and meeting various presidents.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector), Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (interviewer), and López, José Mendoza, 1912-2005 (interviewee)
Date Created/Date Issued:
2001-10-06
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Korean War, 1950-1953, Mexicano americanos, Texas--Condiciones sociales, and Guerra de Corea, 1950-1953
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America and Brownsville, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Duration of content within the file is 53 minutes, 55 seconds. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Texas at Austin does not hold the copyright to the content of this file. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder. Material copyrighted to Dr. Manuel F. Medrano and The University of Texas at Brownsville. The assets of UT Brownsville are now held by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
Origin Note:
Los del Valle oral history recordings transferred from The University of Texas at Brownsville to The University of Texas at Austin in 2015. Digitized with funds from the Latin American Materials Project (LAMP), Center for Research Libraries.