Principios de Dolores!

junio 10, 2014

65th Infantry Regiment
Coat of arms
Active	1920– 2008
Country	Puerto Rico United States of America
Allegiance	USA Puerto Rico
Branch	United States Army
Type	Infantry
Nickname	Borinqueneers (special designation)^[1]
Motto	Honor and Fidelity
Engagements	World War I World War II Naples-Fogis Central Europe Battle of the Rhineland Korean War Operation "Killer" Battle of Cherwon "Jackson Heights" Outpost Kelly
Commanders
Notable commanders	Colonel Antulio Segarra Colonel William W. Harris Colonel Juan César Cordero Dávila
Insignia
Distinctive unit insignia

U.S. Infantry Regiments
Previous	Next
64th Infantry Regiment	66th Infantry Regiment

The 65th Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Borinqueneers" ^[1] from the original Taíno name of the island (Borinquen), is a Puerto Rican regiment of the United States Army. The regiments motto is Honor et Fidelitas, Latin for Honor and Fidelity. The 65th Infantry Regiment participated in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and in what is known in the United States as the War on Terror.

**Individual awards in the Korean War**
Award	Name	Total
	Medal of Honor	1
	Distinguished Service Cross	10
	Silver Star	256
	Bronze Star	606
	Purple Heart	2,771^{[note 1]}

Notable Puerto Ricans[edit]

Amongst the notable Puerto Ricans who served in the "65th Infantry Regiment" and/or its predecessor the "Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry":

Name	Image	Notability
Major General Juan César Cordero Dávila		Commanding officer of the 65th Infantry Regiment during the Korean War.^[57]
Brigadier General Antonio Rodríguez Balinas		First commander of the Office of the First U.S. Army Deputy Command (awarded two Silver Stars).^[58]
Colonel Virgil R. Miller		Miller was commissioned a second lieutenant in the infantry in 1924 upon his graduation from the United States Military Academy. In 1926, he returned to Puerto Rico where he served with Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment at Camp Las Casas. In 1940, he was transferred 24th Infantry Division stationed in Hawaii. During World War II he was the commander of the 442nd Regimental Combat Teamand led the rescue of the "Lost Battalion".^[59]
Colonel Carlos Betances Ramirez		Only Puerto Rican officer to command an infantry battalion in the Korean War.^[60]
Colonel Antulio Segarra		First Puerto Rican Regular Army officer to command a Regular Army regiment.^[4]
Lieutenant Colonel Teófilo Marxuach		Marxuach served in the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry which was renamed the 65th Infantry Regiment. He fired what is considered to be the first shot of World War I by the regular armed forces of the United States against any ship flying the colors of theCentral Powers. ^[7]
Second Lieutenant Pedro Albizu Campos		Served in the Army Reserves from 1914 to 1918. In 1917, he was assigned to the 375th of the Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry. The segregated unit was made up of Afro-Puerto Ricans. The war ended before the unit could be deployed. He later presided over the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party.^[61]
Master Sergeant Juan E. Negrón		On 18 March 2014, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving as a member of Company L, 65th Infantry Regiment, 3d Infantry Division during combat operations against an armed enemy in Kalma-Eri, Korea on 28 April 1951.^[25]
Master Sergeant Pedro Rodriguez		Awarded two Silver Stars in one week.^[62]
Sergeant First Class Agustín Ramos Calero		Among the most decorated (22 decorations) soldiers in the United States during World War II.^[63]^[64]
Sergeant First Class Modesto Cartagena		The most decorated Puerto Rican soldier in history.^[65]