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They were exactly what american soldiers should be
today. The U.S. Government praised all their “white soldiers” in World War II because they were independent thinkers and not slaves to a dictator like were the Nazis. If you tell a Nazi to jumps off a plane without a parachute, he would blindly do it for his furor. The Nazis would give up their lives for nothing, whereas the American soldiers were praised because they would sacrificed their lives for their buddies, for their country and for the cause. The independent and free American soldier won the War. The Borinqueneers cared for each other, because no one else did. They were family. They confronted the enemy with honor, as did the Greeks and the Turks, who were fearless fighter as were the Borinqueneers (all from Puerto Rico. I am proud that they did not “jump off the plane”, even though previous attempts caused them many lives. See the movies. It is great.

Saluts to everyone.  I’m nothing but a proud boricua.  Proud for those who stood up for us in that war with the Koreans.  Anyhow, I yet, have not seen the documentary of The Borinqueneers, but certainly am looking forward to see it.

On the other side, I am extremely excited that the whole world knows about this documentary.  I will soon post some blogs on my My Space page in honor to those who fought for America and Puerto Rico… GOD BLESS US ALL !!!

Dear Mr. Nick Cruz:

I just saw that you mentioned your father is part of the Connecticut version of the Borinqueneers.

I am working on a manuscript involving PR’s of CT.

If you happen to read this comment, please contact me at literarylatina@gmail.com

This film was quite extraordinary!

Ms. Galan: Please understand that Mr. Cruz was referring to the “Borinqueneers Motorcycle Club” (named after the 65th Infantry Borinqueneers) which has various Chapters in a number of states.

HOLA AMIGOS:
QUERIA DECIRLES QUE ESTAMOS ENVIANDO MENAJES AL PRESIDENTE BUSH, Y OTROS MIENBROS DEL GOVIERNO PARA AYUDAR A LA FAMILIA CARTAGENA A CONSEGUIR ….LA MEDALLA DE HONOR, QUE EL SEÑOR MODESTO CARTAGENA, NUESTRO HEROE PUERTORRIQUEÑO, SE MERECE Y NO SE LA HAN DADO. YO PERSONALMENTE HE USADO LOS EMAILS DEL GOBIERNO EN WASHINGTON Y DEMAS, CON NINGUN RESULTADO. TODAVIA NO ME HAN CONTESTADO NINGUNOS DE LOS EMAILS. MI FAMILIA Y YO, ESTAMOS TRATANDO DE CONSEGUIR LA MEDALLA QUE EL SEÑOR CARTAGENA SE MERECE. EL SEÑOR MODESTO CARTAGENA ESTA EN UNA EDAD CRITICA Y ESPERAMOS QUE EL PRESIDENTE Y OTRAS PERSONAS DE GOBIERNO, LE ENTREGUEN ESTA MEDALLA. TODA LA COMUNIDAD HISPANA DE ESTADOS UNIDOS Y PUERTO RICO, DEBEMOS TRABAJAR ARDO PARA QUE SE LE HAGA JUSTICIA, A MODESTO CARTAGENA Y TODOS NUESTROS SOLDADOS, QUE LE PROMETIERON MEDALLAS Y NUNCA FUERON RECIBIDAS. MI HERMANO EUGENIO MARRERO JR. VETERANO DE VIETNAM, TAMBIEN LE PROMETIERON MEDALLAS, Y NO LAS RECIBIO. ESTO ES INAUDITO, NO PODEMOS DEJAR QUE EL GOBIERNO DE WASHINGTON, Y LAS FUERZAS DEL EJERCITO LE HAGAN ESTAS INJUSTICIAS A NUESTROS HEROES, QUE HAN DADO SU SERVICIO, Y HASTA SU VIDA POR LA DEMOCRACIA QUE HOY TENERMOS, EN PUERTO RICO Y ESTADOS UNIDOS. TENERMOS QUE UNIRNOS TODOS, Y PEDIR QUE SE HAGA JUSTICIA A NUESTRO SOLDADOS, PUERTORRIQUEÑOS O HISPANOS EN GENERAL.

ENVIEN MENSAJES A TODOS SUS REPRESENTANTES DONDE VIVEN, CIUDAD,ESTADO, Y CAPITAL. HAY MUCHOS EMAILS EN EL INTERNET, QUE PUEDEN USAR PARA ENVIAR EMAILS. TENEMOS QUE CONSEGUIR ESTA MEDALLA DE HONOR PARA EL SEÑOR MODESTO CARTAGENA. QUE DIOS ME LOS VENDIGA A TODOS, GRACIAS.

RECUERDEN….HONOR AND FIDELITY….HONOR Y FIDALIDAD

ABRAZOS PARA TODOS,
ERNESTO J. MARRERO
nestor3339@aol.com
BETHLEHEM,PA

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Well my father is in a bike group called Borinqueneers they do fundraisers and alot of charity and theirs a guy in their thats always telling us what happend over their and i think all of those guys are heros.The bike group is lacated in Connecticut, Florida, Puerto Rico, New York and many more states.

I saw the film, I was born in Nov.7,1950 Rodriguez hospital Ft. Brook San Juan PR. My father Carlos E. Fraticelli- Rosado joined the 296th Ponce,PR. Nacional Guard in or around 1939,was send to Korea with the 65th Infantry Regiment at the beinning of 1950. He retired as Master Sargent in 1963,just before he was schedule for Republic of Vietnam training to be send to Vietnam as Military Adviser.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE A LIST OF ALL BORINQUENEERS WHO SERVED IN KOREA?
MY EMAIL IS RONDI1@YAHOO.COM

Response: As far as we know, there is no one list that exists which contains the names of ALL those who served in the 65th Infantry Regiment. There are lists of those who received medals or were wounded or killed (visit koreanwar.org).

My name is Fernando Luis Reyes Im a 100% PUERTORICAN and proud of it. In September of 1952, I was inducted into the USARMY. I was shipped to the US for basic training. I was trained as a MEDIC at CAMP PICKETT,VIRGINIA. After basic training, I was transferred to serve with the SIX ARMY in California. I was stationed at an ARMY PRISION called U.S.D.B.or better known as UNITED STATES DICIPLINARY BARRACKS in the small city of LOMPOC, CALIFORNIA. As fate would have it, and in this place, thosands of miles from PUERTO RICO and also from KOREA, I unknowingly played a very small role in the lives of small number of THE 65TH INFANTRY REGIMENT who had been imprissioned there. The number, I dont know how many there were, maybe twenty five or so. It was at the HOSPITAL WING, I fist met __________(name removed), one of THE 65TH INFANTRY PRISIONERS. He was a hospital TRUSTEE And He worked as a courrier within the three story building. He told me he was one of several belonging to the REGIMENT. They had been COURTMARTIALLED and charged AS COWARDS for refusing to fight the enemy. CAN YOU IMAGINE SUCH LIE? PUERTORICANS MAY BE CALLED ANY NAME IN THE BOOK BUT, COWARDS WE ARE NOT. THAT IS LIKE SPITTING A MAN IN THE FACE. Anyway, to make a long story short,________ came to me one day, all excited, jubilant, with a shinning facial expression and said Fernando,all the CHARGES against US have been dropped. We have been reinstated to THE ARMED FORCES, We will get our rank back and we will get ALL our pay retroactively. We will be RELEASED TONIGHT. But they set a number of conditions to our release. WE WILL BY NO MEANS CONTACT THE MEDIA. WE WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE ENLISTED MENS BOUNDERIES. WE WILL NOT CONTACT RELATIVES OR FRIENDS WITH THE NEWS OF OUR RELEASE. Guess what? did they follow the rules? HELL NO—-ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. THE NOW FREE MEMBERS OF THE 65TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, HEADED FOR THE SMALL TOWN OF LOMPOC AND PAINTED IT RED AND I MEAN RED. Next day they were bussed to LAX where the SUPER HAPPY MEN boarded a plane for PUERTO RICO to start new lives. By the way,________, I PRAY YOU ARE WELL. UN FUERTE ABRAZO DE MI PARTE, Fernando, elyunketrail@yahoo.com

We have removed the name listed in this message to protect the Puerto Rican soldier’s privacy. Many of the court martialed soldiers have never revealed what happened to them – even to their own family. Names are only revealed by El Pozo Productions once permission has been granted to do so. We thank you for your entry and for sharing this wonderful story!

Noemi Figueroa Soulet;

I would just like to congratulate you for a great documentary. I also would like to thank you in for honoring the veterans of the 65th and in particular featuring my grandfather Modesto Cartagena. My grandfather is the most humble and proudest man I have ever known. He is my true life Hero. My grandfather recently has recently has not been in the best of health. Due to his fighting spirit he is still with us. I just hope the Dept. of Defense stops procrastinating and gives my grandfather the Medal of Honor which rightfully deserves since April of 1951. It was great to see a documentary featuring Puerto Rican efforts defending our country. I would always get frustrated seeing other documentaries of WWII, Korea and never seeing anything mentioned of the 65th. Hopefully with this documentary eyes are opened. On another note, I would publicly like to thank the Borinqueneers Motorcycle club out of Connecticut for going to Puerto Rico and meeting my grandfather and giving him recognition and the clubs vest. Again great job Noemi a big hug from me and the rest of the Cartagena family!!!!