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Juan Nevares World War II Photographs
Juan Nevarez of Robstown, Texas first worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps in Wyoming to support the family after his father died. He enlisted in the army in 1941; his infantry position was first machine gunner. Overseas Juan was injured badly by mortar fire and spent over a year recovering at the V.A. hospital in San Antonio. He received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his service. While in training he took these photographs, later his grandson John Navares attended Texas A&M University-Kingsville in 1998. He took Dr. Hunter’s history class which required a special project: “La Castana, A Survey of Hispanic Historical and Cultural Resources of South Texas.” For this project John submitted a paper and the 13 photographs that comprise this collection.