Five Puerto Rican Veterans: Photos

Wether PR will become a state or not is still to be seen, but the facts still remain that Puerto Rican soldiers have supported the US Army in WWI, II, and  The Korean War. In fact, 65th Infantry Regiment, “The Borinqueneers” was composed of Puerto Rican soldiers. Mustache or no mustache, here’s our own version of guapo soldiers of times past.

Tito Puente during as a US Navy sailor in World War I

Credit: FYEAH Latin American History

Sergeant Hernán Torres Silva, sporting a garita patch on his left shoulder.

Credit: Borinqueneers

Sergeant Maestre Andrés Marra photographed in San Juan’s historic Ft. Buchanan

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Smiling Col. Juan Villanueva

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Jaime Braulio from Mayaguez, geared up for the cold

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