LOS VETERANOS OF WORLD WAR II: A MISSION FOR SOCIAL CHANGE IN CENTRAL ARIZONA
A FILM PRESENTATION IN HONOR OF VETERANS
World War II ended 79 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 all our veterans, the Braun-Sacred Heart Center is pleased to present the first documentary film we produced 17 years ago, Los Veteranos of World War II: A Mission for Social Change in Central Arizona. This is a story of the veterans from the barrios who grew up in a very segregated society, but World War II changed them, and they, in turn, changed their society. These determined veterans organized to form American Legion Post 41 as the vehicle to desegregate Arizona.
In honor of all our veterans, the Braun-Sacred Heart Center is pleased to present the first documentary film we produced 17 years ago, Los Veteranos of World War II: A Mission for Social Change in Central Arizona. This is a story of the veterans from the barrios who grew up in a very segregated society, but World War II changed them, and they, in turn, changed their society. These determined veterans organized to form American Legion Post 41 as the vehicle to desegregate Arizona.