Hero Street: A Historical Documentary Film Series

Hero Street, USA Featured in Turner's "100 Things To Do In The Quad Cities" Book

Writer Jonathan Turner's new invaluable book "100 Things to Do In The Quad Cities Before You Die" is brimming with the top places, events and organizations in the Quad Cities region, and among them is historic Hero Street, USA.

Only a block and a half long, Second Street in Silvis, Illinois lost six young men in World War II and two in the Korean War, more than any other street in America.  Hero Street, as it is now known, has provided over 100 service members since Mexican-American immigrants settled there in 1929.

The book also mentions the Hero Street, documentary series produced by Emmy®-winning filmmakers Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle. The series explore the compelling true story of eight heroes: Tony Pompa, Frank Sandoval, William Sandoval, Claro Solis, Peter Masias, Joseph Sandoval, Joseph Gomez and John S. Muños. The series will combine interviews with family members, friends, veterans, community leaders and historians with vintage photos, film, and archival materials to tell an unforgettable story of American courage, character and perseverance.

Turner, a digital reporter at WHBF-TV, and journalist who has written stories for over 20 years for newspapers in Wisconsin, Indiana, Connecticut and the Quad Cities, highlights the "must see, explore, experience, eat and sample" establishments in the QC metropolis thriving along the mighty Mississippi River.

To order "100 Things To Do In The Quad Cities Before You Die" visit 100ThingsQC.com. Send an email to Jonathan Turner via the website if you prefer to purchase a personal, signed copy.

"The Ghosts of Hero Street" Author Carlos Harrison Launches Book Tour on Historic Street

Author Carlos Harrison's new book The Ghosts of Hero Street will be released nationwide May 6, 2014 with a special book signing event on the street where the heroic story took place.  Harrison, who was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Miami Herald and a television producer for Fox News, completed the book after seven years of work.

Published by Penguin Books, The Ghosts of Hero Street's synopsis reads:

Death found them in many ways, and many places—in a distant jungle, a frozen forest, and trapped in the flaming wreckage of a bomber blown from the sky. One died going over a fence during the greatest paratrooper assault in history. Another, in the biggest battle of World War II. Yet another, riddled with bullets in an audacious act of heroism during a decisive onslaught a world, and a war, away. They were eight men froma single street in a railroad town called Silvis, Ill., a tiny stretch of dirt barely a block-and-a-half long, and their acts of bravery gave it the name it’s known by today: Hero Street.

The book signing will take place at Hero Street Memorial Park, 145 2nd Street, Silvis, Illinois on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at 11 a.m.  The Hero Street Monument is located on the corner of the historic block-and-a-half street.

Carlos will also appear at a second book signing event on Wednesday, May 7, 2:00 p.m. at Black Hawk College, Building 1, Room 306, 6600 34th Avenue, Moline, Illinois.

To learn more, read Moline Dispatch Argus reporter Jonathan Turner's story at Heros of Hero Street Come Alive.

and Quad City Times reporter David Burke's story at Journalist's Book takes new look at Hero Street.

Marc Wilson's award-winning Hero Street, U.S.A.: The Story of Little Mexico's Fallen Soldiers  was the first book released on the fascinating story.

Hero Street, a documentary by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Kelly and Tammy Rundle of Fourth Wall Films is currently in production and slated for release in 2016.