PERTH AMBOY — The phone rang for months, but Ervin Machado wouldn’t answer.
It was Noemi Figueroa Soulet, a persistent filmmaker, leaving another message at his home in Perth Amboy. She was after him to share his story, one he never talked about and wanted to leave on the battlefield in Korea.
Machado, 81, was a member of the Borinqueneers, the segregated 65th Infantry Regiment of Puerto Rican soldiers that fought bravely and longer than some combat units in the Korean War.
“It was so sad to talk about things that I saw with my own people dying next to me,’’ he said.
The Borinqueneers are still a little-known story in military history, their valor not widely recognized until Soulet’s 2007 documentary.
By Aurelio Moreno, Sun-Sentinel Like their namesake, the "Borinqueneers" of Palm Beach County are veterans who honor the legacy of the somewhat forgotten 65th Infantry Regiment from Puerto Rico, created in 1899 and deployed during the Korean conflict. The 65th Infantry, the largest and only active-duty segregated Latino military unit in American…
By Larry Bystran, Fox News Latino Simply put, the 65th Infantry Regiment Borinqueneers are the Latino-American equivalent of the famed Tuskegee Airmen and Navajo Code Talkers. The Borinqueneers must be recognized in like fashion with the Congressional Gold Medal, and take their rightful place in American history. Hailing from Puerto…
*This is from the office of Rep. Pedro Perulisi (PR). Great news for the Borqueneers! (Who or what are the Boriqueneers? Read to find out.) VL Special White House ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 10th Washington, DC—On Tuesday, June 10th, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, will…
