Hispanic Medal of Honor Recipients
The Borinqueneers
(The 65th Infantry's nickname, derived from the traditional
name for the island of Puerto Rico — Boriquen)
part of the National Guard's Heritage Series
Honor and Fidelity:
The 65th Infantry in Korea,1950-1953
by Gilberto N. Villahermosa
The 65th Infantry in Korea — Information Paper
65th Infantry - Suggested Readings
Army Honors Korean War Heroes from Puerto Rico
From the Women
in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation:
• Puerto Rican Servicewomen in Defense of the Nation
• The
Contributions of Hispanic Servicewomen
Cuidado - Take Care, Bushmasters!
Bicol Campaign, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 3-4 April 1945.
This proud Arizona National Guard unit, the 158th
Infantry (Bushmasters), organized as the Arizona Volunteer Infantry for the Indian campaigns in 1865, had its motto, "Cuidado"
-- Take Care. Mustering in the great southwest desert, the unit was mainly "Mexican-American" and North American Indian from
twenty tribes. Expanded in Panama, it was one of World War II's few organizations to complete the trail from "down under" to
Japan.
Cries of "Banzai" rang through the jungles - the staccato of enemy machine guns, mortars and rifles broke through the jungle
silence. The bayonet charges were suicidal, but the 158th Regimental Combat Team, the "Bushmasters", repulsed the enemy and
advanced. It fought day after day, in critical battles, to open the Visayan passages for allied shipping in the Pacific. The
merciless campaign lasted 2 months in terrain laced with tank traps, wire, mines and bamboo thickets.
158th Infantry - Suggested Readings
158th Infantry - WWII Combat Chronicle
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U.S. Latino and Latina World War II Oral History Project
Library of Congress - Veterans History Project —
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Hispanic Soldiers
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Experiencing War: Hispanics in Service