A documentary honoring the life of José Mendoza López, a World War II veteran and one of twelve Latinos to receive the Medal of Honor of the United States and the Mexican Order of the Águila Azteca. López remembers his military service in Europe during the war and the importance of his family. Other interviewees include John Lopez, Beatrice Lopez de Pedraza, Marie Peretti, Virginia Rogers, Alfredo Valenzuela, Guy Whitweir, and Maggie Whitweir.
Creator/Contributor:
Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (collector), López, José Mendoza, 1912-2005 (honoree), López, José Mendoza, 1912-2005 (interviewee), Balli, Cristina (narrator), Medrano, Manuel, 1949- (producer), and Águilar, Johnny (videographer)
Date Created/Date Issued:
2004-02-04
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin
Mexican Americans, Texas--Social conditions, Mexicano americanos, and Texas--Condiciones sociales
Place Name:
Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, United States of America, California, United States of America, and Brownsville, Texas, United States of America
General Note:
Assigned production number 170. Duration of content within the file is 29 minutes, 28 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.