damian: now, then, tell us a little bit about the american gi forum, maybe for those folks who might not be aware of the accomplishments and the organization itself. esau: the american gi forum is a family-oriented organization of latino military veterans, men and women who have served their county and who have made service to veterans and support of public education the cornerstone. our motto is "education is our freedom, and freedom should be everyone's business." damian: and, i mean, it was started--tell us about the founder because he's the one who came back from war and found that the veterans, especially latino veterans were not getting the benefits that they earned and the other services that they've earned. esau: that's correct, dr. hector garcia, a doctor from texas, a military veteran himself, came back and found out that one of his fellow veterans, a latino, was not gonna be buried in the local cemetery because he was mexican. and that started his career in helping veterans, latino veterans. that veteran is now buried in arlington national cemetery. and from that, grew the

damian: now, then, tell us a little bit about the american gi forum, maybe for those folks who might t be aware of the accomplishments and the organization itself. esau: the american gi forum is a family-oriented organization of latino military veterans, men and women who have served their county and who have made