Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Androidâ„¢ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Felix Z. Longoria Jr.

Index Felix Z. Longoria Jr.

Private Felix Z. Longoria (1920 – June 1945), was a Mexican-American soldier, who served in the United States Army, and died during World War II and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery after a dispute over his funerary arrangements. [1]

31 relations: American GI Forum, Arlington National Cemetery, Arte Público Press, Chicano Movement, Combat Infantryman Badge, Corpus Christi, Texas, Fort Ord, Good Conduct Medal (United States), Hector P. Garcia, Hill & Wang, Independent Lens, Indiana University Press, Luzon, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mexican Americans, PBS, Philippines, Prentice Hall, Private (rank), Purple Heart, Racial segregation, Southwestern United States, Texas, Three Rivers, Texas, United States, United States Army, Walter Winchell, World War II, 141st Infantry Regiment (United States), 27th Infantry Regiment (United States), 36th Infantry Division (United States).

American GI Forum

The American G.I. Forum (AGIF) is a Congressionally chartered Hispanic veterans and civil rights organization founded in 1948.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and American GI Forum · See more »

Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., in whose the dead of the nation's conflicts have been buried, beginning with the Civil War, as well as reinterred dead from earlier wars.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Arlington National Cemetery · See more »

Arte Público Press

Arte Público Press, in Houston, Texas, is the largest US publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors, part of the University of Houston.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Arte Público Press · See more »

Chicano Movement

The Chicano Movement of the 1960s, also called the Chicano civil rights movement or El Movimiento, was a civil rights movement extending the Mexican-American civil rights movement of the 1960s with the stated goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Chicano Movement · See more »

Combat Infantryman Badge

The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military award.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Combat Infantryman Badge · See more »

Corpus Christi, Texas

Corpus Christi, colloquially Corpus (Latin: Body of Christ), is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Corpus Christi, Texas · See more »

Fort Ord

Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay of the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Fort Ord · See more »

Good Conduct Medal (United States)

The Good Conduct Medal is one of the oldest military awards of the United States Armed Forces.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Good Conduct Medal (United States) · See more »

Hector P. Garcia

Hector Perez Garcia (January 17, 1914 – July 26, 1996) was a Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Hector P. Garcia · See more »

Hill & Wang

Hill & Wang is an American book publishing company focused on American history, world history, and politics.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Hill & Wang · See more »

Independent Lens

Independent Lens is a weekly television series airing on PBS presenting documentary films made by independent filmmakers.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Independent Lens · See more »

Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press, also known as IU Press, is an academic publisher founded in 1950 at Indiana University that specializes in the humanities and social sciences.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Indiana University Press · See more »

Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Luzon · See more »

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after having served as the 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 to 1963.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Lyndon B. Johnson · See more »

Mexican Americans

Mexican Americans (mexicoamericanos or estadounidenses de origen mexicano) are Americans of full or partial Mexican descent.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Mexican Americans · See more »

PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and television program distributor.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and PBS · See more »

Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Philippines · See more »

Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall is a major educational publisher owned by Pearson plc.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Prentice Hall · See more »

Private (rank)

A private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in).

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Private (rank) · See more »

Purple Heart

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after April 5, 1917, with the U.S. military.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Purple Heart · See more »

Racial segregation

Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Racial segregation · See more »

Southwestern United States

The Southwestern United States (Suroeste de Estados Unidos; also known as the American Southwest) is the informal name for a region of the western United States.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Southwestern United States · See more »

Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Texas · See more »

Three Rivers, Texas

Three Rivers is a city in Live Oak County, Texas, United States.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Three Rivers, Texas · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and United States · See more »

United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and United States Army · See more »

Walter Winchell

Walter Winchell (April 7, 1897 – February 20, 1972) was an American newspaper and radio gossip commentator.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and Walter Winchell · See more »

World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and World War II · See more »

141st Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 141st Infantry Regiment ("1st Texas Infantry") is an infantry regiment in the United States Army.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and 141st Infantry Regiment (United States) · See more »

27th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 27th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed the "Wolfhounds", is a unit of the United States Army established in 1901, that served in the Philippine–American War, in the Siberian Intervention after World War I, and as part of the 25th Infantry Division ("Tropic Lightning") during World War II, the Korean War, and later the Vietnam War.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and 27th Infantry Regiment (United States) · See more »

36th Infantry Division (United States)

The 36th Infantry Division ("Arrowhead"), also known as the "Panther Division" or "Lone Star Division,", history.army.mil, last updated 20 May 2011, last accessed 23 January 2017 is an infantry division of the United States Army and part of the Texas Army National Guard.

New!!: Felix Z. Longoria Jr. and 36th Infantry Division (United States) · See more »

Redirects here:

Felix Longoria, Felix Z. Longoria, Jr., Felix longoria, Pvt. Felix Z. Longoria, Jr., Pvt. Felix Z. Longoria. Jr., The Longoria Affair.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Z._Longoria_Jr.

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »