Valdemar DeHerrera was born in 1919 in a small, rural area of New Mexico. He was drafted and sent overseas during WW II where he wound up fighting in the battle of Bataan.
A Medal of Honor Museum is getting ready to open next month in Gainesville, Texas. The museum has reached out to a local Wichita Falls business to get some work done and they're up to the task.
An illegal alien from El Paso volunteered to fight in WW I with the US Army, became Texas' most decorated veteran and the 1st Hispanic American to get a Distinguished Service Cross.