(Ed.'s Note: In observance of Veterans day 2018, we post this photo to remember the surge of patriotism exhibited by the citizen-soldiers of Brownsville during the nation's wars. The photo above shows a group of soldiers from the various services during the 1953 Charro Days parade. The Air Force, Navy, Marines and Army are all represented. The names of the soldiers attending Texas Southmost College are (not necessarily in order) Ray "Pat" Tamayo, Tacho Gomez, Ruben M. Torres, Joe Leal, and Charles Hernandez.
We know that Torres is the Marine, third from left. A section of FM 802 is named after him. He served two terms in the Texas Legislature as the local representative.What ever became of the rest of the soldiers? We thank one of our seven readers for the rare photo.)
