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The AMVETS Silver Helmet Award‚ a unique silver replica of the World War II GI helmet‚ has over the years acquired a well-deserved reputation as the most prestigious of all the awards given by veterans organizations and is now known as the “Veterans Oscar.” www.amvets.org/silverhelmet_page.html, accessed 17 September 2008. The AMVETS website provided information about the history of their organization, www.amvets.org/about_us/our_history.html, accessed 17 September 2008.
All names in this article, with the exception of celebrities and public officials, are pseudonyms.
Lutz (2006) makes similar arguments about the need for ethnographic approaches to the study of empire (593–611).
Berlowtiz and Long (2003) also note powerful attempts by pacifists to challenge the preparedness activists’ calls for conscription and the growth of the military (166). See Lutz (2001, 33–36) for how these debates unfolded in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The Cadet’s Creed is the following. (www.usarmyjrotc.com/jrotc/dt/3_Creed/creed.html, accessed 22 September 2008). The Army JROTC website notes that this particular creed was developed in consultation with various cadets in JROTC programs throughout the country and was first used in 1995 at the Cadet Command Spring Review.I am an Army Junior ROTC Cadet.I will always conduct myself to bring credit to my family, country, school and the Corps of Cadets.I am loyal and patriotic.I am the future of the United States of America.I do not lie, cheat or steal and will always be accountable for my actions and deeds.I will always practice good citizenship and patriotism.I will work hard to improve my mind and strengthen my body.I will seek the mantle of leadership and stand prepared to uphold the Constitution and the American way of life.May God grant me the strength to always live by this creed.
South Lorain is characterized by the highest poverty rates in Lorain county and is home to the largest number of Puerto Rican residents in Northeast Ohio. The area is also home to steel plants and other industrial jobs that were key sites of employment for Puerto Rican migrants beginning in the late 1940s. See Rivera (2005) as well as www.census.gov for more detailed history and demographics of Lorain, Ohio. See also Ramos-Zayas (2006) for her discussion of deficient citizenship and Puerto Rican families in Chicago.
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Pérez, G. A report from the field Latina/o youth, JROTC and ethnographic practice. Lat Stud 13, 269–279 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1057/lst.2015.14
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