America has had 3400 Medal of Honor winners and hispanics have 34, is that a majority?

Question

I keep reading that there are 34 hispanic medal of honor winners and I salute them but that does not compare to the fact 99% of those were anglos. In Viet Nam 87% of those killed in action were anglo and the rest made up the population ration of the US at that time. Hispanic have a right to be proud of those 34 but they did not win World war 1&11 by themselves it took hundreds of thousands of anglo lives my amigos show a little appreciation. thanks

Answer 1

Your math leaves a lot to be desired , There has been 3662 Medals Of Honor Awarded to Date. 1,522 of those were awarded in the Civil war, 756 were awarded before the Civil war.132 were awarded before WW II. 202 were awarded for "non combat valor" and "Unknown Soldiers.
845 Congressional Medals Of Honor were awarded from WW II to today. At least 194 ethnic groups ( countries are represented) in the United States. If you divided the amount
by the 845 MOH you would get 4 allotted to each groups,
Hispanics were awarded 39 Medals of Honor, and out of the 39 (34 were "Mexican American") Hispanics were awarded more Congressional Medal of Honor Than any other ethnic group, that was the answer to your Question "Hispanics were afraid to fight".That is not saying it is a majority or that we won the war alone, We did above and beyond our share.
So did the
Blacks
English
Native Americans
Russian
Arabs
Jews
And another 186 groups that gave their lives for their country !

http://www.home of heros.com/moh/war/1_a_main.html

Edit... There was no Hispanic group used in the Military ,The Hispanics KIAs (19%) were included in the White KIAs and in some of the Black KIAs up to Vietnam, Hispanic term in the service was introduced until the late 1970s.

Answer 2

Hispanic Medal Of Honor Recipients

Answer 3

Hispanics have fought in every war the United States has been involved in, starting with the Revolutionary War, maybe some of you should read a history book. In fact a major city in Texas is named after one of those heroes. Galveston, TX

Answer 4

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I think money should be reserved for past Presidents and the Founding Fathers and MoH winners should continue to have buildings and ships named in their honor. A ship named in the honor of an MoH winner typically stays in commission 20-35 years.

Answer 5

The reason they are recognized now is because in the past they were not.

Also your forgetting in large part the African Americans who were in the front lines before some of the "anglos" as you put it.

There was no "hispanic" group in the military at that time. Hispanics were separated on how they looked some went over to the African American units and a vast majority served with "anglos" (to use your terms).

How about we give thanks too all vets of every race, ethnicity and religious group they belong too. After all they are all vets :D

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/US/9807/23/black.WWII.vets/index.html

Answer 6

I find it even more difficult to think in terms of race when discussing this topic than generally. Of course you're right to bring remembrance to the entire group and thanks for that.

However, the issue among Latin Americans (pardon the hyphenation) is really not at all based HERE. It is a sensitivity built in societies of Latin American nations where the ruling "elite" is typically of lighter-skinned, European ancestry and absolutely shamelessly lords it over persons of more indigenous features.

In the U.S., if I displayed such open arrogance I'd spend the next year trying to make all new friends...cuz nobody I know would have anything to do with such a self-absorbed scum.

Imagine living under the thumbs of jerks with that attitude and having no check&balance system to restore reason.

So, when these people come here (legally, I wish...if not, go home and fix things), they see the majority chastisement as a continuation of that vulgar behavior in their home countries.

Let them gloat a bit, provided they're legal. But gently insist that they get a clearer picture of the new life they've come for. And that things are very different. In a good way.


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Answer 7

just because Hispanics celebrate the accomplishment of having 34 recipients of the medal of honor doesn't in any way impugn "Anglos" effort in any war!!!!!

my Latino grandfather, Oscar Ecalante, fought in WWII and received medals for his efforts as a medic.... how he should show appreciation to the Anglos who fought along side him I'm not sure????.....

plus I would like to see where you got your stats from because I have read that the mortality rate of minorities in Vietnam was significantly high!!!!!! provide your link please!!!!!!!

Answer 8

AMERICA WAS STOLEN FROM ALMOST 600 TRIBAL NATIONS THAT LIVED HERE BEFORE 1492. HOW ABOUT MEDALS FOR ALL THE INDIANS THAT DIED FIGHTING FOR THEIR HOMELANDS, AND ALSO THE INDIANS THAT WERE MURDERED IN THE MASSACRES BY THE U.S. ARMY. GENOCIDE THAT IS NEVER TAUGHT ABOUT IN U.S. SCHOOLS. INDIAN RESERVATIONS WERE PRISONER OF WAR CAMPS.
AND YET....NATIVE AMERICANS AS AN ETHNICITY, SERVE IN THE U.S. ARMED FORCES AT A HIGHER RATE THAN ALL OTHER ETHNICITIES.

Answer 9

Oscar Ecalante. a medic in world war 2 where did live?

Answer 10

you are correct, 34 is a very small percentage of the total, 3400 award recipients. However, that does not make them any less of a true American hero's