From Mexico to Vietnam: a Chicano story

From Mexico to Vietnam: a Chicano story

#Years after being murdered in a bar, Duran was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in Vietnam.


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0h 50m 2022 HD

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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