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Bill H.R. 1726 and S. 1174 to award the Congressional Medal to the 65th Infantry Regiment known as "The Borinqueneers" sponsored by Se. Richard Blumenthal [ D- Ct ]
Sponsorship by two-third of each chamber
A total of 61,000 Puerto Ricans served in the military during the Korean War. The 65th Infantry was awarded battle participation credits for the following nine campaigns: UN Defense-1950, UN Offense-1950, CCF Intervention-1950, First UN Counterattack Offensive-1951, UN and CCF Spring Offensive-1951, UN Summer-Fall Offensive-1951, 2nd Korean Winter 1951-52, Korean Summer-Fall-1952 and 3rd Korean Winter-1952-53. They are credited with the last battalion-sized bayonet assault in U.S. Army history.[25]
Awards in the Korean War
Army Distinguished Service Cross: 10
Silver Star Medals: 256
Bronze Star Medals: 606
Purple Heart Medals 2,771
Ten Distinguished Service Crosses, 256 Silver Stars and 606 Bronze Stars for valor were awarded to the men of the 65th Infantry. Of the ten Distinguished Service Crosses that were awarded to the members of the 65th Infantry, five were awarded to Puerto Ricans:
Sergeant First Class Modesto Cartagena
Private Badel Hernandez Guzman
Master Sergeant Juan E. Negron
Corporal Fabian Nieves Laguer
Master Sergeant Belisario Noriega
Total of 756 Puerto Ricans lost their lives in Korea, from all four branches of the U.S. armed forces. However, according to "All POW-MIA Korean War Casualties", the total amount of Puerto Rican casualties in the Korean War was 732, meaning that one in every forty-two US casualties in the war was a Puerto Rican.
On 12 February 1951, General Douglas MacArthur, wrote in Tokyo: The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry give daily proof on the battlefields of Korea of their courage, determination and resolute will to victory, their invincible loyalty to the United States and their fervent devotion to those immutable principles of human relations which the Americans of the Continent and of Puerto Rico have in common. They are writing a brilliant record of heroism in battle and I am indeed proud to have them under my command. I wish that we could count on many more like them.
65th Infantry Regiment /Borinqueneers' History can be read on Wikipedia.
-Joe Sanchez
Sponsorship by two-third of each chamber
A total of 61,000 Puerto Ricans served in the military during the Korean War. The 65th Infantry was awarded battle participation credits for the following nine campaigns: UN Defense-1950, UN Offense-1950, CCF Intervention-1950, First UN Counterattack Offensive-1951, UN and CCF Spring Offensive-1951, UN Summer-Fall Offensive-1951, 2nd Korean Winter 1951-52, Korean Summer-Fall-1952 and 3rd Korean Winter-1952-53. They are credited with the last battalion-sized bayonet assault in U.S. Army history.[25]
Awards in the Korean War
Army Distinguished Service Cross: 10
Silver Star Medals: 256
Bronze Star Medals: 606
Purple Heart Medals 2,771
Ten Distinguished Service Crosses, 256 Silver Stars and 606 Bronze Stars for valor were awarded to the men of the 65th Infantry. Of the ten Distinguished Service Crosses that were awarded to the members of the 65th Infantry, five were awarded to Puerto Ricans:
Sergeant First Class Modesto Cartagena
Private Badel Hernandez Guzman
Master Sergeant Juan E. Negron
Corporal Fabian Nieves Laguer
Master Sergeant Belisario Noriega
Total of 756 Puerto Ricans lost their lives in Korea, from all four branches of the U.S. armed forces. However, according to "All POW-MIA Korean War Casualties", the total amount of Puerto Rican casualties in the Korean War was 732, meaning that one in every forty-two US casualties in the war was a Puerto Rican.
On 12 February 1951, General Douglas MacArthur, wrote in Tokyo: The Puerto Ricans forming the ranks of the gallant 65th Infantry give daily proof on the battlefields of Korea of their courage, determination and resolute will to victory, their invincible loyalty to the United States and their fervent devotion to those immutable principles of human relations which the Americans of the Continent and of Puerto Rico have in common. They are writing a brilliant record of heroism in battle and I am indeed proud to have them under my command. I wish that we could count on many more like them.
65th Infantry Regiment /Borinqueneers' History can be read on Wikipedia.
-Joe Sanchez
