Vega, Francisco M. (Interview transcript, video, and papers, 2 of 3), 2008

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Byron Area Historic Museum (Byron Center, Mich.)

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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.

2008-03-07

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

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