EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — “The Men of Company E: Toughest Chicano Soldiers of World War II” is a book co-authored by Arnulfo Hernandez and his late co-author Samuel S. Ortega.
In an interview, Hernandez says “I wanted to pursue a lot of the history of our veterans because I realized that the books that we have in school don’t talk about us.”
After Hernandez graduated from Bowie High School, his basketball coach Nolan Richardson told him to just keep going, to not come back to El Paso, and to follow his dreams. He also told him to go to California, and join the military…