Joe P. Martinez (1920–1943), World War II Medal of Honor recipient
The U.S. feared that the islands would be used as bases from which to launch aerial assaults against the West Coast, and it became a matter of national pride to expel the first invaders to set foot on American soil since the War of 1812.
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In 1927, his father, who was an agricultural laborer, decided to move from Taos, New Mexico to Ault, Colorado.
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She also served on the staff for the Colorado General Assembly, while achieving a Master of Art in political science from Colorado State University.
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From 2000-2002, Ms. Martinez served as Executive Director of the Clean Elections Institute (CEI) in Phoenix, Arizona.
Movement elders Elizabeth 'Betita' Martinez, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Paul Kivel were also key mentors to the younger generation organizers in Catalyst Project.
Martinez became the featured ring announcer for Oscar De La Hoya's, Fox reality television series "The Next Great Champ" in 2004.
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Now he can be seen announcing for Golden Boy Promotions "Solo Boxeo-Tecate" on Telefutura as well as HBO World Championship Boxing and ShoBox.
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He replaced Bruce Buffer for the second time on January 4, 2014, at the UFN 34, event that was the UFC debut in Singapore.
On January 21, 2008, Mr. Martinez announced on the America TeVe show "A Mano Limpia" his intention to run in the November 2008 election for the Florida 21st congressional district seat held by Republican Lincoln Diaz-Balart.
Martinez served as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under Governor George Pataki from December 2000 to December 2005; as Assistant General Counsel to the Long Island (New York) Power Authority; as Special Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff for the New York State Attorney General; and as an attorney in private practice.
Former World Extreme Cagefighting announcer Joe Martinez announced this event in place of Jimmy Lennon Jr., as Lennon was announcing that same night's Showtime-broadcast Super Six World Boxing Classic boxing card headlined by Carl Froch & Andre Ward.
The Reform Institute is led by Executive Director Cecilia I. Martinez.
This was the last WEC event to feature announcer Joe Martinez as the regular ring announcer, due to family reasons and to focus full-time on his work with Golden Boy Promotions.
Joe P. Martinez of Ault, Colorado, the first Weld County resident to be awarded the Medal of Honor.