Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 3 of 3), 2008
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Title
Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 3 of 3), 2008
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Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)
BCTV
Description
Francisco Vega was born in San Antonio, Texas. He tried to enlist in the military immediately after Pearl Harbor, but was initially rejected because of his Mexican ancestry. He eventually did enlist in the Army Air Corps, and began a long process in which he used his talents and persuasive skills to find increasingly interesting assignments, eventually training as a teletype operator with a signals unit that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and was eventually part of Eisenhower's headquarters.
Date
2008-03-07
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Publisher
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
VegaF3
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application/pdf
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
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Citation
Vega, Francisco M., “Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 3 of 3), 2008,” Digital Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29942.