VOICES VETERANOS – Mexican Americans and the Legacy of Vietnam

Letters

The letters written by and to Latinos while they served in Vietnam are not just an important part of your story, they’re an important part of history. Funded by the US Latino Digital Humanities Program, with support by the Mellon Foundation, our “Letters from the Barrio” project creates a digital…Continue reading “Letters”

Share your letters

10 Feb 202219 Feb 2022

If we don't preserve our history, who will?

History in a box

11 Nov 202119 Feb 2022

Voice Veteranos was created to preserve the history of Latino involvement in the Vietnam War. An important part of that history might be in your home right now! Our "Letters…

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Soldiers in “La Guerra”

6 Jan 201819 Feb 2022

Deborah Paredez shares this thoughtful essay on Latinos and the Vietnam War, where she mentions of the work of Voices Veteranos director Tomás Summers Sandoval.

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The Chicano Moratorium

29 Aug 200019 Feb 2022

Reporter Brittny Mejia writes about the 50th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium in this piece for the LA Times, where she also spotlights the family of the director of Voices…