Physician and pioneering activist Héctor P. García was once described as "a man who in the space of one week delivers twenty babies, twenty speeches, and twenty thousand votes." A proud member of the Greatest Generation, García sought the inclusion of Mexican Americans into mainstream America.
Image: Portrait of Captain Héctor P. García during World War ll. Dr. Héctor P. García Papers, Special Collections & Archives, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Bell Library.