Blas and Cruz Coyazo before World War II Deployment
Item
Title
Blas and Cruz Coyazo before World War II Deployment
Identifier
2022.006.087
Type
image
Description
Dionicio "Nicho" Coyazo of Redlands and two of his sons, Cruz "Cuni" Coyazo and Blas Coyazo circa 1943. Cruz, on the left, was killed when the B26 Marauder he was tail gunner in was shot down over Belgium. His family recieved only a telegram declaring him missing in action. They only recieved more information years after his death when a congressman found some answers in 1980, discovering that he had been killed in action and burried in Belgium after the wreckage was found in 1952. Paul Aranda has worked to document his great uncle's life and on Memorial Day 2021 Cruz was honored in Memory Lane at Hillside Memorial Park.
https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2021/05/28/world-war-ii-tail-gunners-death-pieced-together-by-redlands-family/
https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2020/05/24/world-war-ii-tail-gunner-almost-forgotten-but-not-by-redlands-family/
https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2021/05/28/world-war-ii-tail-gunners-death-pieced-together-by-redlands-family/
https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2020/05/24/world-war-ii-tail-gunner-almost-forgotten-but-not-by-redlands-family/
Subject
Air Force
Mexican American Military Service
Military Uniform
U.S. Military
World War II
Spatial Coverage
Belgium
Redlands (Calif.)
Temporal Coverage
1943-1980
Creator
unknown
Date
1943
Contributor
Inland Mexican Heritage, Courtesy of Blas Coyazo
Format
.tif
Language
English
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.