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Los Veteranos of World War II

A VETERANS DAY FILM PRESENTATION EXTENDED THROUGH NOVEMBER 23, 2020
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World War II ended 75 years ago. Shortly after the war’s end, Phoenix barrio veterans met to form American Legion Post 41. The date of the organizational meeting for the Post was November 23, 1945. In honor of that event, Los Veteranos of World War II will remain available until November 23, 2020. 

In honor of all our veterans, the Braun-Sacred Heart Center is pleased to present the first documentary film we produced, 14 years ago, Los Veteranos of World War II: A Mission for Social Change in Central Arizona. This is the story of the veterans from the barrios who grew up on the margins of the majority society, but World War II changed them, and they, in turn, changed their society.  ​These veterans organized to form American Legion Post 41 as the vehicle to make those changes.