Resources

The full 22-page Guide is provided free of charge when you purchase the educational rights of THE BORINQUENEERS through THE CINEMA GUILD at info@cinemaguild.com or call them at (800) 723-5522. A Spanish version of the Study Guide is also available.

To view a sample page, click on the Study Guide icon to the left to download the Quick Glance one-page student guide in PDF format. You will need the latest Acrobat reader software.

This Study Guide was made possible by a grant from Verizon Foundation in conjunction with The Latina Women’s Council of Mercer County, Inc. of New Jersey.

An educational Study Guide is available for use in grades 9th to 12th and at the collegiate level and may be used in several educational disciplines such as History, Social Studies, Civics and Community Service, Language Arts, Political Science, Humanities, and in JROTC / ROTC programs. Designed to assist educators by providing seven comprehensive lesson plans on specific themes for use with the film, The Borinqueneers, the Guide also includes:

  • Chapter Summaries which correspond to the Scene Selection feature of the DVD
  • A Roll Call containing the names and photos of the veterans and historians who appear in the film.
  • A sampling of quotes from the veterans and a vocabulary list of military terms used in the film.
  • A brief historical background of Puerto Rico and Korea.
  • A Quick Glance one-page student guide which can be used for the viewing and general discussion of the film in a shorter time frame.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The following articles have been provided courtesy of their respective authors for informational and educational purposes only. Each author is the copyright owner and, therefore, the articles cannot be reproduced or published without permission.

Col. Gilberto Villahermosa (Ret., USA)

LTC Bart Soto (Ret., USA Reserve)

Noemi Figueroa Soulet (Director/Producer of THE BORINQUENEERS)

James J. Prewitt Diaz, MA, MS  & Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz, PhD

Jean-Loup Gassend (Author)

SUGGESTED READINGS

  • Acosta, Ernest. The Puerto Rican U.S. Army 65th Infantry Regiment. s.1: Regt Recognition Committee, 1996. 50p. #603-56. 1996.
  • Appleman, Roy E. South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu, United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1961.
  • Darragh, Shaun M. “The Puerto Rican Military Forces.” An Cosantoir 37 (September 1977): 267-273. Reprint. Military Review 58 (August 1978): 46-53.
  • Dolcater, Max W., editor. 3d Infantry Division in Korea. Tokyo: Toppan Printing Company, 1953.
  • Enamorado Cuesta, Jose. Porto Rico, Past and Present. New York: Eureka Printing Company, 1929. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1975.
  • Fuentes, Gabriel.  Return to Avalon.  Isleta Press, 2008.  (65th in World War II)
  • Harris, W.W. Puerto Rico’s Fighting 65th U.S. Infantry: From San Juan to Chorwan. San Rafael, California: Presidio Press, 1980.
  • Hermes, Walter G. Truce Tent and Fighting Front. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1966.
  • History of the 65th Infantry Regiment, the Borinqueneers. n.p., 1953.
  • Manders, Eric I., & Milligan, Edward S. “65th Infantry Regiment (‘The Borinqueneers’), Korea, 1952. Military Collector & Historian 47 (Spring 1995): pp. 38-39. Per.
  • Muñoz Rivera, Manuel. ¿Hacia dónde heroes? New York: Azteca Press, 1948 (In Spanish).
  • Muratti, Jose A. History of the 65th Infantry, 1899-1946. San Juan, 1946.
  • Mossman, Billy C. Ebb and Flow. United States Army in the Korean War. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1990.
  • Negroni, Héctor Andrés.  Historia Militar de Puerto Rico.  Spain, 1992.  Coleccion Encuentros, Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario. (In Spanish)
  • Norat, Martinez, Jose, editor. Historia del Regimento 65 de Infanteria, 1899-1960. San Juan, Puerto Rico: La Milagrosa, 1960. (In Spanish).
  • Padron, Antonio E. El 65 en revista. New York: Las Americas Publishing Company, 1961. (In Spanish).
  • Ross, Tenny. “El Ejercito en Puerto Rico (The Military in Porto Rico).” In El Libro de Puerto Rico (The Book of Puerto Rico), edited by Eugenio Fernandez y Garcia. San Juan, Puerto Rico: El Libro Azul Publishing Company, 1923. Pp. 104-111. (Parallel Spanish and English text).
  • Rivera Ortiz, Angel M.  Vivencias de la Guerra de Corea.  Imprenta Llorens, Inc.  Undated.  (In Spanish)
  • Todd, Frederick P. “Porto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry, 1901-1907.” Military Collector and Historian 9 (Winter 1957): 108.
  • U.S. Army. Forces Antilles. The 65th Infantry Regiment, the “Puerto Rican” Regiment. APO 851: 1952. Ca 50 p. #603-65. 1952.
  • Villahermosa, Gilberto.  Honor and Fidelity:  The 65th Infantry in Korea 1950-53.  Washington: Government Printing Office, 2009.
  • Walthall, Melvin Curtis. We Can’t All Be Heroes: A History of the Separate Infantry Regiments in World War II. Hicksville, New York: Exposition Press, 1975.
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