Carlos Martinez Drive Pamplete, San Antonio, Texas, 2021
date: label: date made
content: 2021
label: date made
content: 2021-08-12
notes: label: Description
content: Carlos Martinez served for many years as the Executive Director and CEO of the American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program until his untimely death from COVID-19 in 2020. One year after his passing, staff from the National Veterans Outreach Program, American GI Forum members, and friends and family gathered at the National Veterans Enterprises building for the renaming of a street in his honor. Subtitled, “A Journey of a Lifetime,” the pamphlet features a brief narrative of Martinez’s life and legacy.
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content: As a veteran of the Vietnam War, Martinez became an ardent supporter of veterans’ rights in San Antonio and across the nation. At 26 years old, he joined the American GI Forum National Veterans Outreach Program (NVOP), a nationally-recognized Hispanic veterans and civil rights organization founded by World War II veteran Dr. Hector P. Garcia in 1948 in the wake of a South Texas cemetery's refusal to bury Felix Longoria, a Mexican American soldier killed in World War II. That incident is known as the Lonogoria Affair.
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content: Martinez rose to the ranks of Executive Director and CEO of the NVOP and served in that position for 48 years until his death. During his time at NVOP, he worked to bring create job opportunities, housing facilities, and health services to veterans and the elderly.
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content: More on his story can be found in this blog post: https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/life-of-service
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Texas, San Antonio
topic: label: Subject
content: Philanthropy
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content: Infectious diseases
label: associated subject
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
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content: Public Health
label: associated subject
content: 2019-nCoV disease
label: associated subject
content: Disease prevention
label: associated subject
content: 2019 novel coronavirus disease
label: related event
content: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Laura Lee Oveido
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0191.1
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0191.1
label: accession number
content: 2021.0191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall closed: 28 cm x 10.9 cm; 11 1/32 in x 4 9/32 in