Since World War II, the families of this short street have watched at least 130 sons and daughters leave for military service, most of them voluntarily.
Richard Munos stands in front of the family home marked by his father Joe's name on their red, white and blue mailbox, May 11, 2022, along Hero Street in Silvis, Illinois.It’s found at the northern edge of this small working-class Illinois town alongside East Moline, a short drive from the Mississippi River and Davenport, Iowa. It’s situated between the base of a steep hill and a narrow strip of grass that slopes downward into a creek.
He thinks about the last time his brother Frank visited the street: Frank was on a train that coincidentally stopped in the Silvis rail yard, where the Sandovals once lived in boxcars, a block from where they built a permanent home. Frank called out the window to a friend and said,. “The guy left to find father,” Tanilo said. “By the time they returned, the train moved on, and no one in my family ever saw Frank again.
Tanilo Sandoval, 96, walks with his son, Steve, along Hero Street where the family lived for many years in Silvis, Illinois.
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