From Mexico to Vietnam: a Chicano story
5.5
2022
0 hr 50 min
Documentary
, War
This film tells the story of Jesus Duran, who immigrated from Mexico at a young age, and did his military service in Vietnam where, through a heroic act, he saved his platoon, and was awarded a posthumous medal of honor in 2014.
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