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Dr. Hector P. Garcia was a medical
doctor who spent his life working to help the poor, sick and
neglected. Dr. Garcia served in World War II, received the
Bronze Star Medal and became a leading advocate for Mexican-American
veterans’ rights. He was an activist in the Latino Civil
Rights movement and founder of the American GI Forum, an organization
that addresses the health, education and civil rights of Hispanic
veterans. Dr. Garcia was the first Mexican-American to serve
on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights and served as U.S.
Ambassador to the United Nations. He received our nation’s
highest civil honor – the Presidential Medal of Freedom
– in 1984 from President Ronald Reagan.
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