Intro Info
“Don’ shoot! Please don’t shoot! Friendly Aircraft!” were the last words this person spoke, He was among the first American casualties and one of an estimated half-million Latinos who served in World War II.
Ensign Manuel Gonzales
A female teenager who quit a job in a sewing factory to work at a Goodyear plant manufacturing rubberized gas tanks for fighters and bombers.
Carmen Gurrola
June 1944, U.S., ___ ______, a Mexican American from California, was among the 8,000 Marines involved in this Battle of Saipan. On his own, he captured over 15,000 Japanese prisoners of war.
Guy Gabaldon
What president was Dr. Héctor P. Garcia friends with?[GROUP 5, Fall 2025, Episode from Episode 5]
Lyndon B. Johnson
Got his MD from the U-Texas at Galveston and completed his residency in Nebraska. Though he had medical officer credentials, he was placed in infantry. It was assumed that Mexicans lacked MD credentials.
Dr. Hector P. Garcia
A new style of dress popular among Latinos in Los Angeles.
Zoot Suit
This Hollywood movie misrepresents this soldier's ethnic identity. He was a 5’4” Mexican American but he was played by a 6’0” Anglo-American actor named Jeffrey Hunter (Name of soldier and movie?)
Hell to Eternity & Guy Gabaldon
Like Martin Luther King, who led a march through Alabama in 1965, Ceasar Chavez led a ____ mile pilgrimage through California from Delano to Sacramento (the State Capitol) in 1966. [Question by GROUP 1, Fall 2025, Question from Episode 5]
300
The Latinos who served in WWII were mostly of Mexican descent but over _______ Puerto Ricans served as well.
65,000
Confrontations between Anglo and Mexican Americans in Los Angeles, erupted on June 4,1943 into the _______ _____ _____. About 200 White sailors and Marines, armed with sticks and bats, targeted anyone—including 12 year olds.
Zoot Suit Riots
Was killed leading a successful charge against a key Japanese defensive position when the Allies retook the Aleutian Islands. He was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Private Joe P. Martinez
Who were the co-founders of the United Farm Workers of America? [GROUP 2, Fall 2025, Episode from Episode 5]
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta
Won Medal of Honor, member of the Army’s 22nd Infantry Regiment. In 1944 near the German Border and Hurtgen Forest, he used grenades to destroy two German machine gun nests.
Macario Garcia
Three ethnic groups who were targeted and beaten during the riots in Los Angeles, along with those who tried to stop the attack.
Mexican Americans, Black Americans, and American Filipinos
A total of __ Latinos won the Congressional Medal of Honor. In proportion, Latinos won more Congressional Medals of Honor than any other ethnic group.
11 (Joe P. Martinez, plus TEN other Latinos).
What piece of legislation in California in the 1990s sparked [televised] anti-immigration sentiment? This legislation restricted government services (including health care) to undocumented persons.[1] [GROUP 3, Fall 2025, Episode from Episode 6]
Prop 187
Due to the millions called to military service during WWII, there was a massive labor shortage. The U.S. government created this program to employ guest workers from rural Mexico.
Bracero Program
Was a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corp, served in Algiers transmitting encoded messages to the Battlefield. Along with Hector Acedo, Jose Zaragoza, Pedro del Valle, and Joe P. Martinez, she was among the many Latinos whose sacrifices have been forgotten.
Carmen Contreras Bozak
Two and ½ weeks after receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor in August 1945, ________ ________ entered The Oasis Café in Richmond, Texas and was refused service. He argued that he was denied service because of his race.
Macario Garcia
Who was the main face of the pilgrimage to then CA State Capitol (Sacramento) as a protest advocating for higher wages, the abolishment of child labor, and safer working conditions? (Hint: There were photographs of him symbolizing penance as he walked in boots that injured his feet.) [GROUP 4, Fall 2025, Episode from Episode 5]
Cesar Chavez