ByĀ Tom Roeder
Leaders of the American GI Forum, the nation’s oldest group for Hispanic veterans, gathered in Colorado Springs this weekend to ponder problems including recruiting young veterans to their ranks.
The American GI Forum, founded in the wake of World War II to protect the rights of Hispanic veterans, remains dedicated to battling bigotry and promoting education. But the group’s ranks are graying quickly, said the forum’s national commander Angel Zuniga.
“We’re trying to formulate, how do we get these young members?” Zuniga said before his group’s Colorado Springs 
gathering from Thursday through Saturday.
Formed in 1948, the forum has nearly 160,000 members at its peak. But Zuniga said the bulk of the group’s members are aging veterans from wars in Korea and Vietnam, The troops of Iraq and Afghanistan have been tough to attract, he said.
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