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Frontera: Military on the Border

Centralized guide to all EPCC's local history publications, videos and guides and sources for local history topics

Army Camps in El Paso area

The following were army camps in the El Paso area before Fort Bliss was created:   Chigas, Concordia, Cotton, Courchesne, Mesa, Owen Bierne, Pershing, Stewart, Sam Tusco

Army Nurse Corps at Fort Bliss

Military Organizations

American G.I. Forum  federally Chartered Hispanic Veterans organization with Paso del Norte branch in El Paso.  

Search historical database of El Paso Newspapers and go to Border Heritage Center in the Main El Paso Library branch for vertical file. Google books may have something as well.

American Legion in El Paso

USO (United Service Organizations) 

 Search historical database of El Paso Newspapers and go to Border Heritage Center in the Main El Paso Library branch for vertical file. 

VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) in El Paso 

Search historical database of El Paso Newspapers and go to Border Heritage Center in the Main El Paso Library branch for vertical file. 

Research tips

Note details that might seem insignificant at first glance, in case one finds other information later.

Women's information is often found through researching the men in their lives (i.e. husband, fathers, etc.) so the notes here might only state that Mrs. X was married to Mr. X who was important for some reason, but in researching him, there might be information about his wife found later.

Research full text of local newspaper articles back to 1881 in this database available to EPCC users and in person in EPCC Libraries: 

Military People to Research

Here are some suggested names for which there's a good amount of information: 

  • Angeles, Felipe  General in the Mexican Revolution
  • Camacho, Isaac  Fabens/El Paso Vietnam era POW
  • Chapin, John Letcher (Capt) WWII Purple Heart recipient
  • Gunn, Ira Pearl Military Nurse Anesthetist

Follow the links below to discover sources on these names and others who were influential in the military on the border. 

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