Inspiring the next generation of service members on this Independence Day is Hinson Hicks a 98- year-old World War II veteran.
SAN DIEGO — Inspiring the next generation of service members on Independence Day was Hinson Hicks. He's a 98- year-old World War II veteran.
"No place I'd rather be," said Xavier Ross, ROTC executive officer at Sweetwater High School."He's basically a war hero."Hicks also served in Korea and Vietnam. He enlisted twice. The first time was in 1943 when his son said he snuck into the Marine Corps at 17 to get away from sharecropping. He had to leave when he got caught, but he re-enlisted in the Navy when he was 18.The military was still segregated when Hicks first enlisted and sailors of color were limited in the jobs they could do.
Ross wants to make sure he continues to be the change he wants to see after learning what service members of color went through before him. "They've done so much for not only people of color but for all people so they have the freedoms they have today. I want to help provide the same thing for people who face discrimination around the world," said Ross."It wasn't as easy as you thought it was because you had to work all day and half of the night too," said Hicks.
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