Mis hermanos, de otra madre, (brothers from another mother) shared an amazing story about uncle Rudy, a forgotten military hero's death.
Helicopter: Witness Account of Leonard Martinez, Vietnam, 1966
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/2a5a2f5f-8379-45b8-b0c1-f8266dcb9812/audio?pli=1
Rudy Gonzalez: A Marine's Sacrifice and a Family's Quest https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/3be02b50-7bc5-4151-aee3-329a2c844361/audio
Posthumous Petition Jim Moore’s Texas To The World article, Five Interview Notes - sources of content. It reviews the entire story.
https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/3be02b50-7bc5-4151-aee3-329a2c844361/audio
Credit: His nephews, Jerry and Rudy Gonzalez
Our Uncle Rudy (Rodolfo M Gonzalez) was KIA in Vietnam in 1966 and in 2012 we learned that he never got his US Citizenship. He volunteered for Vietnam as a legal Resident Alien.
Uncle Rudy was a door gunner for Marine Observation Squadron Six (VMO-6) and was days from returning home from his first tour of duty. He insisted on flying dangerous missions so that he could send the extra flight pay home in support of his parents – our grandparents. His bags arrived a few days before the knock on the door reporting his casualty.
Our mission now is bestowing the ultimate honor on our Uncle Rudy – his Posthumous U.S. Citizenship. We need executive action from POTUS and/or Secretary of Defense.