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Fernando Luis GARCIA

Medal of Honor Recipient
Korea

Conspicuous gallantry, above and beyond the call of duty, he gave his
life for his country, age 22

Rank and organization:

Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company I, 3d Battalion, 5th
Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Korea, 5
September 1952.

Entered service at: San Juan, P.R.
Born: Utuado, Puerto Rico.

Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his
life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a member of
Company I, in action against enemy aggressor forces.

PFC Garcia chose to sacrifice himself and immediately threw his body
upon the gernade, receiving the full impact of the explosion, thus
saving the life of his fellow marine.

While participating in the defense of a combat outpost located more
than 1 mile forward of the main line of resistance during a savage
night attack by a fanatical enemy force employing grenades, mortars,
and artillery, Pfc. Garcia, although suffering painful wounds, moved
through the intense hail of hostile fire to a supply point to secure
more handgrenades.

Quick to act when a hostile grenade landed nearby, endangering the
life of another marine, as well as his own, he unhesitatingly chose to
sacrifice himself and immediately threw his body upon the deadly
missile, receiving the full impact of the explosion.

His great personal valor and cool decision in the face of almost
certain death sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S.
Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country

> Fernando Luis GARCIA
> Medal of Honor Recipient
> Korea


I thought Porto Ricans were court martialed for refusing to fight in
Korea.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/ny...=1&oref=slogin
October 2, 2007
Though she had never made a documentary before, she set out to
chronicle the Puerto Rican military experience. In time, she zeroed in
on the 65th Infantry's campaigns in Korea.
But in 1952, scores of soldiers in the regiment were arrested and
court-martialed after refusing to fight in battles....
Some of the men were sentenced to 10 or more years in prison. Outcry
over the trials eventually resulted in the Army pardoning them and
commuting sentences.....
....Mr. Lopez enlisted after high school, saying the military was one
of the few options he had as a small-town boy with no money.

> Entered service at: San Juan, P.R.
> Born: Utuado, Porto Rico.


same Porto Rico where 60 percent of Porto Rican high school students
have signed ''opt-out'' forms, which prohibit military recruiters from
contacting them? Same place?


http://www.miamiherald.com/news/amer...ry/216201.html
Aug. 27, 2007
When the school year began this month, independence activists were
posted at high schools around the island getting students to sign
''opt-out'' forms, which prohibit military recruiters from contacting
them.
Nearly 60 percent of Puerto Rican high school students have signed
them, compared to the average of 10 percent elsewhere in the United
States, The Washington Post reported last week.

World War II Medal of Honor Recipients at Arlington National Cemetery
As of January 1997, 350 Medal of Honor recipients are interred or
memorialized in Arlington National Cemetery. There are 45 from World
War II including an Unknown Serviceman; there is one World War II
recipient who is memorialized here.

Name, Grave, Branch of Service
Antrim, Richard N. 35-2613 U.S. Navy
Basilone, John 12-384 U.S. Marine Corps
Bell, Bernard P. 25-3840 U.S. Army
Boyington, Gregory "Pappy" 7A-150 U.S. Marine Corps
Brown, Bobbie E. 46-1021-17 U.S. Army
Carter, Edward A. II 59-451 U.S. Army
Chambers, Justice M. 6-5813-A-9 U.S. Marine Corps
Davis, Charles W. 7A-170 U.S. Army
Doolittle, James H. 7A-110 U.S. Army Air Corps
Edson, Merritt A. 2-4960-2 U.S. Marine Corps
Ellis, Michael B. 6-9520 U.S. Army
Everhart, Forrest E. 60-7516 U.S. Army
Fisher, Almond E. 6-8951-2 U.S. Army
Funk, Leonard A., Jr. 35-2373-4 U.S. Army
Fuqua, Samuel G. 59-485 U.S. Navy
Gerstung, Robert E. 66-6152 U.S. Army
Kelly, Thomas J. 7A-125 U.S. Army
Kingsley, David R. 34-4786 U.S. Army Air Corps
Leims, John 2-1132-2 U.S. Marine Corps
McGuire, Thomas B., Jr. 11-426 U.S. Army Air Corps
Morgan, John Cary 59-351 U.S. Army Air Corps
Murphy, Audie Leon 46-366-11 U.S. Army
O'Kane, Richard H. 59-874 U.S. Navy
Pharris, Jackson C. 13-16281 U.S. Navy
Preston, Arthur M. 3-1847-A-1 U.S. Navy
Ramage, Lawson Patterson 7A-184 U.S. Navy
Roeder, Robert E. 12-6116 U.S. Army
Schonland, Herbert E. 7-A-168 U.S. Navy
Scott, Robert R. 34-3939 U.S. Navy
Shoup, David M. 7A-189 U.S. Marine Corps
Silk, Edward A. 30-1045-C U.S. Army
Skaggs, Luther, Jr. 46-1066-8 U.S. Marine Corps
Smith, John L. 3-2503-H-2 U.S. Marine Corps
Smith, Maynard 66-7375 U.S. Army
Turner, George B. 41-589 U.S. Army
Urban, Matt 7A U.S. Army
Vandergrift, Alexander A. 2-4965-B-RH U.S. Marine Corps
Van Voohries, Bruce A. (MI-86) U.S. Navy (One of six interred in a
group burial in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Section 79, Graves 279,
280, 281)
Vosler, Forrest, TSG 60-4924 U.S. Army Air Corps
Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew 1-358-B U.S. Army
Walsh, William G. 12-487 U.S. Marine Corps
Ware, Keith L. 30-258-3 U.S. Army
Whittington, Hulon B. 13-8-W U.S. Army
Wigle, Thomas W. 34-3307 U.S. Army

On Mar 17, 10:19***pm, Samoa <Samoa...***aol.com> wrote:
> > Fernando Luis GARCIA
> > Medal of Honor Recipient
> > Korea
>
> I thought Porto Ricans were court martialed for refusing to fight in
> Korea.

Hispanics mirror the non Hispanic White, Black, Indigneous, or
mixed people of the U.S.A.
However, it
appears ANY person who has a Spanish surname; or who is bi-lingual
Spanish and English, or they don't even speak Spanish, whether a
patriot, whether that Hispanic is White, Black, Amerindian,
or of mixed races, Catholic, other Christian or of another religion,
or what country that person is from, will never be enough given
your jealousy of Hispanics consumes you to the point of lying.

Samoa, for example continues going back to the English and their
centuries ago fight with the Spaniards. It was the English who
perpetuated the lies about Spaniards, i.e. the so called "Black
Legend,
and these are the lies that Samoa continues to perpetuate.

Samoa don't be so infuriated at Hispanics and their take off from
Spain, Mexico, the USofA and other countries, it is done and there
isn't anything you can do about it.

Yes, the U.S.A. is where we "Hispanics" have been for thousands of
years and in the last 500 years we have been unified under the Spanish
language.

Then there are those who are not anti-Hispanic but use it to
draw attention away from other serious matters.

>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/ny...=1&oref=slogin
> October 2, 2007
> Though she had never made a documentary before, she set out to
> chronicle the Puerto Rican military experience. In time, she zeroed in
> on the 65th Infantry's campaigns in Korea.
> But in 1952, scores of soldiers in the regiment were arrested and
> court-martialed after refusing to fight in battles....
> Some of the men were sentenced to 10 or more years in prison. Outcry
> over the trials eventually resulted in the Army pardoning them and
> commuting sentences.....
> ...Mr. Lopez enlisted after high school, saying the military was one
> of the few options he had as a small-town boy with no money.

On Mar 18, 12:09***am, repo <Kcajy...***yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.neta.com/~1stbooks/m-gg.htm
> (pics)
>
> Fernando Luis GARCIA
>
> Medal of Honor Recipient
> Korea
>
> Conspicuous gallantry, above and beyond the call of duty, he gave his
> life for his country, age 22
>
> Rank and organization:
>
> Private First Class, U.S. Marine Corps, Company I, 3d Battalion, 5th
> Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Korea, 5
> September 1952.
>
> Entered service at: San Juan, P.R.
> Born: Utuado, Puerto Rico.
>
> Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his
> life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a member of
> Company I, in action against enemy aggressor forces.
>
> PFC Garcia chose to sacrifice himself and immediately threw his body
> upon the gernade, receiving the full impact of the explosion, thus
> saving the life of his fellow marine.
>
> While participating in the defense of a combat outpost located more
> than 1 mile forward of the main line of resistance during a savage
> night attack by a fanatical enemy force employing grenades, mortars,
> and artillery, Pfc. Garcia, although suffering painful wounds, moved
> through the intense hail of hostile fire to a supply point to secure
> more handgrenades.
>
> Quick to act when a hostile grenade landed nearby, endangering the
> life of another marine, as well as his own, he unhesitatingly chose to
> sacrifice himself and immediately threw his body upon the deadly
> missile, receiving the full impact of the explosion.
>
> His great personal valor and cool decision in the face of almost
> certain death sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S.
> Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country

Was he an illegal?

repo <Kcajy...***yahoo.com> wrote:
> your jealousy of Hispanicks consumes you to the point of lying.


why the fuck would I ever be jealous of Hispanicks?!


> Yes, the U.S.A. is where we "Hispanicks" have been for thousands of
> years and in the last 500 years we have been unified under the Spanish
> language.

Our natives are just that, natives. They are not Hispanicks, unless
you are talking about the ones who have forced their way into the USA,
desperate to be taken into the society created by the Anglos.

repo <Kcajy...***yahoo.com> wrote:
> Yes, the U.S.A. is where we "Hispanicks" have been for thousands of
> years and in the last 500 years we have been unified under the Spanish
> language.


The Cheyenne are Cheyenne, not Hispanick.
The Lakota are Lakota, not Hispanick.
The Iroquois are Iroquois, not Hispanick.
The Comanche are Comanche, not Hispanick.
The Blackfeet are Blackfeet, not Hispanick.