Established 1948 by Dr. Hector Perez Garcia, an Army Veteran Medical Doctor, the American GI Forum is the largest Federally Chartered Hispanic Veterans organization in the United States with Chapters in 40 States and Puerto Rico.

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About American GI Forum

Dr. Hector P. Garcia believed in the American dream and lived it. He was a man who passionately quoted the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and applied such texts to the outcast minorities of society. He inspired Mexican Americans to educate themselves in democratic principles, then worked to apply those principles to all people through his organization, The American GI Forum. Dr. Hector P. Garcia saw the flagrant deprivation of rights of Mexican Americans and spent his life working to effect positive change.

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