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The Ghosts of Hero Street: How One Small Mexican-American Community Gave So Much in World War II and Korea

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They came from one street in Silvis, Illinois, but death found them in many places . . .

. . .in jungle, a frozen forest, and trapped within the flaming wreckage of a bomber blown from the sky. One died going over a fence throughout the greatest paratrooper assault in history. Some other fell within the biggest battle of World War II. Yet Some other, riddled with bullets in an audacious act of heroism throughout a decisive onslaught a world, and a war, away.

All came from a single street in a railroad town referred to as Silvis, Illinois, a tiny stretch of dirt barely a block-and-a-half long, with an unparalleled history.

The twenty-two Mexican-American families who lived on that one street sent fifty-seven of their children to fight in World War II and Korea—more than another place that size anywhere within the country. Eight of those children died.

It’s a distinction recognized by the Department of Defense, and it earned that rutted, unpaved strip a distinguished name. Nowadays it’s referred to as Hero Street.

This is the story of those brave men and their families, how they fought both in battle and to be accepted in an American society that remained biased against them even after they returned home as heroes. In line with interviews with relatives, friends, and soldiers who served alongside the men, in addition to personal letters and photographs, The Ghosts of Hero Street is the compelling and inspiring account of a street of soldiers—and men—who would not be denied their dignity or their honor.

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