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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCaptain Angel F. Espada, U.S. Army, Killed In Action 12 November 1944
"A man of integrity," he was my grandfather's best friend, machine gunned in a NAZI ambush as he led his men in France. My grandfather, who also was in the Army, and grandmother threw him a going-away party in Panama, where they had been stationed before Capt. Espada shipped out overseas. My father remembered the occasion and the generosity of Capt. Espada, who gave my then-7-year-old dad a basketball as a gift. Decades later, my dad recalled the moment. It was the first time I had seen my father cry.
Some background info on Capt. Espada from University of Puerto Rico - Mayagüez, where he had served as an educator -- what we today call an Athletic Director:
"He exercised his vocation as a teacher, day by day in an intimate dialogue with his pupils and colleagues, making them buy into in his idea that scientific knowledge is a way of penetrating human reality," highlighted the profile read by the rector of the UPRM, Dr. Jorge Iván Vélez Arocho, during the unveiling ceremony organized by the Secretary of the Academic Senate, Joanne R. Savino. He added that as a teacher and as a friend he was an example of humanity, teaching his sports techniques to many schoolchildren. His intellectual and moral attitude had a lot to do with the roots in which his vocation as a physical educator grew."
More in Spanish: https://www.uprm.edu/news/articles/as2006067.html
I look forward to viewing a new documentary about the 65th Infantry Regiment, a unit Puerto Ricans who served together in World War 2 and the Korean War, "The Borinqueneers": https://borinqueneers.com/en_US/soldier/cpt-angel-f-espada/
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Captain Angel F. Espada, U.S. Army, Killed In Action 12 November 1944 (Original Post)
Kid Berwyn
May 2023
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JAD
(187 posts)1. They say people die twice.
Once when they pass away and once when their name is no longer said.
I will say Captain Espada's name today.
Kid Berwyn
(14,851 posts)2. Thank you, JAD
There are so many people -- so many good people -- to remember.
lucca18
(1,241 posts)3. Thank you for sharing your story of Captain Angel F. Espada.
I will remember him too.💔
Kid Berwyn
(14,851 posts)6. You are most welcome, lucca18
Thank you for your kindness, my Friend!
roamer65
(36,745 posts)4. The Greatest Generation.
Kid Berwyn
(14,851 posts)7. They truly earned the appellation, roamer65.
At home, they fought and beat the Depression.
Overseas, they fought and beat the fascists and imperialists.
Today, we follow their example. Unfortunately, we also must continue their fight.
Croney
(4,657 posts)5. He died the day after I was born.
Kid Berwyn
(14,851 posts)8. Thank you for sharing that, Croney
Somehow, through space and through time, we are all connected.