Latinx & Hispanic Americans and the Military

The focus of this resource is on specific groups serving in the military, but may also include their relationship to the military (for example, efforts to be allowed to serve, etc.).

Spanish speaking Americans in the war : the Southwest. by United States. Office of War Information. Online access through our catalog. Spanish and English. Published anonymously. Written by Charles Olson and Ben Shahn (first book by Olson, who would later become a noted poet). "[Ben] Shahn and [Charles] Olson collaborated in producing a bilingual pamphlet, Spanish Speaking Americans in the War. This was one of several OWI pamphlets meant to counter Axis propaganda encouraging minorities to question their stake in an American victory"--Daniel Belgrad, The Culture of Spontaneity: Improvisation and the Arts in Postwar America, 1998. "Photos courtesy of Life Magazine; Denver News; U.S. Army; Office of War Information Bureau of Industrial Economics; Department of Agriculture.".
Call Number: Online and Stacks D769.88.M4 S62 Item does not circulate
Publication Date: [1943]

Spanish American War - "A Splendid Little War" (NPS)
National Park Service (NPS): "On April 21, 1898, the United States declared war against Spain. It would be the first overseas conflict fought by the U.S. It involved major campaigns in both Cuba and the Philippine Islands."
"The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor."