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Name- Richard Danzig Age- 25 Hometown- Los Angeles Ethnicity- Hispanic American Occupation- Soldier Martial Status- Single http://www.lib.utexas.edu/exhibits/ww2latinos/ My name is Richard Danzing. I am enrolled in the army. Besides for me about 300,000 other Hispanic Americans have enrolled in the army. We all think that even though we go through so much discrimination we believe that we should still fight for our country (Danzer, 564). All of us do live in the US so we do think that it is our duty to make sure that we come out with a victory (Danzer, 564). Many of us while we were still in the states were just working everyday so we thought that we should join the army so that we could make a difference (Maria, 1). In addition to us they're about a million African Americans. Right now we believe that the war should just be about over, but for the years before this that the African Americans have not seen any combat in anyway (Danzer, 564). Although the African Americans helped us a lot in the war they were not allowed to be on the same lines as the whites were ("African-American," 1). They have not had any kind of combat related duties up until this year. Even though we the Hispanics and also the African helped with the war the Asian Americans also had a huge part in it as well. About 13,000 Chinese Americans and about 33,000 Japanese were the ones that joined to help. Some of them were spies for the war as well as interpreters for war. This was a huge help for all of us because we this allowed us to know what a lot of the enamamies were doing. Finally the last group of people that were incorporated into war with us was the Native Americans. There were about 25,000 enlisted and about 800 of them were women. Although the women did not go into combat they still helped behind the lines which are a huge help (Danzer, 564).

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Julian Samora and Patricia Vandel Simon, “A History of the Mexican American People,” 24, October 2007 __http://www.jsri.msu.edu/museum/pubs/MexAmHist/chapter16.html__

Maria Möller, ‘Philadelphia’s Mexican War Workers,” Pennsylvania Legacies, November 2003, Vol. 3 (2), 16.

Danzer A. Gerald, et al.__ The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century__. Illinois. McDougal Littel, 2003.
 * “African-American Soldiers in World War II Helped Pave Way for Integration of US Military.” __News Voice of America.__** Washington, DC //10 May 2005. 25 October, 2007. < http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2005-05/2005-05-10-voa47.cfm >//