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Heriberto S. "Ed" Hernandez was a fireman in the United States Coast Guard.〔Braesch, Connie; "Coast Guard Heroes: Heriberto Hernandez", U.S. Coast Guard Public Affairs Office〕〔Christenson, Sig; "Coast Guard’s newest cutter named for Kennedy High School hero", Local News, ''San Antonio Express-News''〕〔 He was was a fireman on board a Point Class cutter, the USCGC ''Point Cypress'', during the War in Vietnam. He was killed in the course of a reconnaissance mission on the Rach Nang River when his fiberglass boat came under automatic weapons fire from a riverside bunker operated by the Viet Cong. Hernandez, along with the other two crew members, was hit by several rounds. Although brought back aboard the ''Point Cyprus'', Hernandez was declared dead soon after.〔"Bollinger delivers FRC ''Heriberto Hernandez''", Shipbuilding, MarineLog: Shipbuilding Intelligence〕 He received a posthumous Bronze Star for valor. ==Personal life== According to the ''San Antonio Express News'' Hernandez's family was so poor that he often was forced to walk around without shoes.〔 The ''Express News'' reported that 52 other young men from his school district lost their lives in the Vietnam War. Mario Longoria, a childhood friend who spoke at the 2015 commissioning of USCGC ''Heriberto Hernandez'', described how, for most of their childhood and youth, San Antonio was still a racially segregated city, where Hispanic-Americans only went to school with other Hispanic-Americans.〔 Similarly, while Hernandez was athletic, enjoying boxing, he only competed with other Hispanic-Americans. Hernandez attended John F. Kennedy High School but left after completing tenth grade, so he could join the U.S. Coast Guard, enlisting for four years of service on July 27, 1965.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heriberto Hernandez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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