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The way Latinas contribute to the war effort was with so many recruitment's for  Latino men in the military they needed latin  bilingual nurses to aid and translate for them. Also another way they contribute to the war effort was by  being on the home front filling in jobs that men would have like in munitions manufacturing plants.

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Latinos contributed to the war effort was when the Battle of Bataan in the Philippines, Coast Artillery Units of the New Mexico National Guard, composed largely of Latinos and Spanish speakers, were specifically selected to fight there. Spanish speaking Texans in the 141st Regime of the 36th Texas Infantry Division in Italy and France, fought for 361 days. Out of the 16.2 million Americans in the armed services, only 250,000 and 750,000 were of Mexican ancestry.

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One influential Latina in the war effort was Maria Sally Salazar of Laredo,Texas. She was so determine to join the army she took her older sisters birth certificate to pass as 21 to join because that was the age required. She risked this  so she can spend 18 months in the jungle  working on administrative building and tending the wounded when needed.

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One influential Latino in the war effort was Joseph P. Martinez from Colorado. He was a leader of a dangerous mission charging up the snow-covered mountain of the Aleutian Island Attu. He was the first draftee to serve with courage but he made a decision to enter a minefield where he  single-handedly attacked an enemy stronghold in France. This decision he took costed him to lose both feet in a explosion.

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The benefits that these service men and service women received was new skills that they have learned while training in the war effort. This allowed for them to take jobs that have been previously denied to  them. Mexican Americans became  welders, plumbers and riveters at shipyards and aircraft plants. They also got the advantage of new social services and opportunities, such as low mortgage loans, free educational opportunities and job placement. Many of these benefits helped to improve the lives of the Chicano community.

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The servicemen and women of Mexican decent were welcomed back home as war heroes. However because of the continuation of discrimination at the time it lasted shortly and even though they served in the military they were still denied in restaurants, public facilities,and burial in a veteran cemeteries.

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Before reading this article we knew that Mexicans Americans were a big part of helping America in WWII in their service for the war effort. What we learned after reading this article was that even though many Mexican Americans helped tremendously in the war, after the war many were welcomed but it sadly only lasted a little while due to discrimination. We also learned about some of the many Latinas and Latinos in the war like Maria Sally Salazar and Joseph P. Martinez who are very influential and brave.