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SEARCH ABBREVIATIONS:
CO. A – Company A
HQ HQ CO – Headquarters & Headquarters Co.
HQ CO 1 BN – Headquarters Co. 1st Battalion
HQ CO 2 BN – Headquarters Co. 2nd Battalion
HQ CO 3 BN – Headquarters Co. 3rd Battalion
HVY MORTAR CO – Heavy Mortar Co.
HVY TANK CO – Heavy Tank Co.
MEDICAL CO – Medical Company
SVC CO – Service Company
WWII – World War II
WWI – World War I
1LT – First Lieutenant / Primer Teniente
2LT – Second Lieutenant / Segundo Teniente
BG – Brigadier General / General de Brigada
CPT – Captain / Capitán
COL – Colonel / Coronel
CMDR – Commander / Comandante
CPL – Corporal / Cabo
CSM – Command Sergeant Major / Sargento Mayor de Comando
CWO – Chief Warrant Officer / “Warrant Officer” en Jefe
GEN – General / General
LTC – Lieutenant Colonel / Teniente Coronel
MAJ – Major / Mayor
MG – Major General / Mayor General
MSG – Master Sergeant / Sargento Maestro
PFC – Private First Class / Soldado Primera Clase
PVT – Private / Soldado
1SG – First Sergeant / Primer Sargento
SFC – Sergeant First Class / Sargento Primera Clase
SGM – Sergeant Major / Sargento Mayor
SGT – Sergeant / Sargento
SSG – Staff Sergeant / Sargento de Personal
WO – Warrant Officer / “Warrant Officer”
Keywords:
ARNG – Army National Guard/Guardia Nacional del Ejército
Deceased – muerto
Killed in action – muerto en acción
Missing in action – desaparecido en acción
POW – prisoner of war / prisionero de guerra
Ret. – Retired / licenciado
USAF – U.S. Air Force /Fuerza Aérea de los EE.UU.
USMA – U.S. Military Academy West Point / Academia Militar de West Point
USN – U.S. Navy / Marina de los EE.UU.
Brig. Gen. Chester DeGavre (Ret.)
Regimental Commander, 9/1952-7/1953, also served in HQ CO in 1939; Silver Star, 3 Legion of Merits, USMA-1933 (Deceased 1993)
SSG Leonides Diaz (Ret.)
Co. L 1940-1945 (WWII) & Co. A 1950-1951, Bronze Star, served 20 yrs 1941-61
SFC Wistremundo Dones (Ret.)
HQ HQ CO-WWII; Co. G 1950-1952, Served 1940-61 (21 yrs.) (Deceased 2021 at age 105)
Richard W. Durkee
Co. L 1950-1951, Distinguished Service Cross, Bronze Star, Purple Heart (Deceased 2004)
COL Felix Emmanuelli (Ret.)
Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry-Co. A 1906-1908 & Quartermaster 1920, Served 1906-1943 (37 yrs.) (Deceased 1943)
MAJ Louis Emmanuelli (Ret.)
Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry-Co. A, Co. C, Co. H, MACHINE GUN CO 1905-1920 (15 yrs.); brother of Col. Felix Emmanuelli (Deceased 1969)
LTC Angel Escribano (Ret.)
Co. F 1950-1951, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Served 1950-72 (22 yrs.) (Deceased 2008)
Brig. Gen. George H. Estes (Ret.)
Regimental Commander, 6/15/1925 – 4/23/1928, USMA-1894 (Deceased 1969)
