Don’t Forget The Chicanos Who Served In Vietnam

In Vietnam, Chicanos died at twice the rate of their counterparts.

Few events played a bigger role in uniting the Mexican American community and strengthening the Chicano Civil Rights Movement than the Vietnam War, which “officially” began in 1955 (although an argument can probably be made it unofficially began long before that).

Mexican Americans not only served in the Vietnam War like white Americans, but like most Am…