Excerpts from an interview with Lawrence J. Korb /

In 1997, no one in the small town (pop. 100) of Redford, Texas knew that U.S. Marine teams, fully camouflaged and armed with M16 rifles, had been secretly deployed to their section of the border. Farmers like the Hernández family, who lived by the river, went on working their fields and tending to t...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Fitzgerald, Kieran
Other Authors: Korb, Lawrence J., 1939-, Slattery-Quintanilla, Shane, Fitzgerald, Brendan, producer
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2007
Series:Ethnographic video online.
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Summary:In 1997, no one in the small town (pop. 100) of Redford, Texas knew that U.S. Marine teams, fully camouflaged and armed with M16 rifles, had been secretly deployed to their section of the border. Farmers like the Hernández family, who lived by the river, went on working their fields and tending to their livestock. On the evening of May 20, 18-year-old Esequiel Hernández Jr. left the house to tend to his family's goats, taking with him, as usual, a .22 rifle to keep away wild dogs. It was the last evening of his life.
Physical Description:1 online resource (13 min.)
Production Credits:Director, Kieran Fitzgerald ; producers, Shane Slattery-Quintanilla and Brendan Fitzgerald.
Participant or Performer:Narrator, Tommy-Lee Jones.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded in Tex., Castle Rock, Wash., Owosso, Mich., Tehachapi, Calif., and Naco, Ariz.