From Mexico to Vietnam: a Chicano story(2022)
Years after being murdered in a bar, Duran was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his service in Vietnam.
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.
Movie: From Mexico to Vietnam: a Chicano story
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Tina Duran Ruvalcaba
Michael Lozano
Rusty Bailey
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