Printed Newsletters

November 2024 Newsletter – #54 (1.57MB)

• Borinqueneers Park Education Alliance Fundraiser
• Other News!
• Events Photos including BCGM Awards to SFC Juan Barbosa, SFC Restituto Loran-Alicea, Benny Rofulowitz & Saul and Adalin Lugaro
• This is the News… various historial excerpts about the 65th and its soldiers
• NEW! 2024 Borinqueneers Photo Directory
• In Memoriam… SFC Filiberto Rivera-Santiago, SSG Raimundo Lamboy, Rafael Guzman-Lopez, 1SG Victor J. Colon, Luis A. Boria, Angel Roura, Francisco Colon, SGT Evangelista Santiago, Curtis H. Halvorson, German R. Colon & Celestino Cordova-Rodriguez
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Christmas Sale until December 31, 2024!

May 2024 Newsletter – #53 (1.30MB)

• Congratulations on 125 Years of Service!!
• Other News!
• Jose “Tito” Acevedo Passes Away
• Events Photos including Book Signings, Book Awards and BCGM Award to Gilfredo Nieves-Lopez
• 8 Myths about The Borinqueneers by Noemi Figueroa Soulet
• In Memoriam… COL Gilberto Cardenas-Lartigue (Ret.), SFC Gabriel Ocasio-Vaquez (Ret.), Domingo Betances-Quiñones, Exio Rivera-Marrero, Miguel Angel Leon, Jr., CW2 Jesus Maria Villahermosa (Ret.), Ralph Gil-de Rubio, Pedro Santana-Camacho, corrected photo of SSG Victor M. Santiago-Rios (Ret.)
• Borinqueneer Photos

• Fort Hood Renamed in Honor of Gen. Richard Cavazos
• Other News!
• Athletes Who Have Brought Honor to the 65^th Inf. Regt.
• Events Photos including Book Signings, Book Awards and the American Library Association Conference
• In Memoriam… SSG Victor M. Santiago-Rios (Ret.), Juan Carrión-Febré, Daniel Soto-Figueroa, Heriberto de Jesús-Toro, Manuel Valentín-Fre and George Bjotvedt, V.M.D.
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Christmas Sale!

• Book Signings, Interviews, Reviews, Sales and Awards!!
• Other News!
• Claiming a Puerto Rican World War I Hero
• Events Photos including Book Signings, BCGM Awards to Aureliano Vázquez and Fernando Santana-Martínez
• In Memoriam… 1st SGT James Arnold Browning (Ret.), SSG Miguel A. Berlingeri (Ret.), Hector Maisonave, Julio C. Lugo-Ramírez, Pablo Reyes-Rivera
• The Borinqueneers Visual Book – Available at These Bookstores
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Book Reviews

• Introducing our new book:  The Borinqueneers, A Visual History of the 65th Infantry Regiment
• Letters to the Editor:  by Capt. John A. Palese, MD (Ret.) and SFC Hector Martinez (Ret.)
• In Memoriam… Sixto G. Mercado-Valle, Socrates Guzman-Rivera, SSG Leonides Diaz (Ret.), Narciso Villot-Trujillo, Israel Irizarry-Rodriguez, Jose A. Valencia-Figueroa, Jose G. Pickard, SSG Raimuno Lamboy (Ret.), Raul Reyes-Castañeira, CSM Guillermo Lanzo (Ret.)
• Christmas Sale begins October 1st
• Events Photos including Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Book Signing Events 

May 2022 Newsletter – #49 (915 KB)

In the May 2022 Newsletter:

• Borinqueneers License Plates Approved in Texas
• Celebrating the Centennial of the Puerto Rico Army Reserve by Sgt. Katherine Ramos and Noemi Figueroa Soulet 
• In Memoriam… Luis A. Reyes, SFC Wistremundo Dones (Ret.), Alberto Laureano, Sixto Sepulveda, Angel L. Rivera, Ruben Mendez-Goytia, Roberto Vazquez, CSM Cristobal Melendez-Claudio (Ret.), SFC Juan Ayala-Mariani (Ret.), Miguel Martir-Lopez and Manuel Diaz-Rivas.
• Albie Anibal Albertorio Passes Away
• Coming Soon!  A Photography Book on the History of the 65th
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2021 Newsletter – #48 (782KB)

In the November 2021 Newsletter:

• Borinqueneers Park in Perth Amboy, NJ
• The 65th Infantry at Outpost Harry by LTC Baltazar Soto, USAR Ret.
• In Memoriam… COL Agustin Muñoz (USAR, Ret.), MSG Cruz Cartagena (Ret.), LTC Donald B. Carmichael (Ret.), Ulises Barreto-Gonzalez, CW2 Daniel Calderon-Ayala (Ret.), Eugenio Quevedo, Edwin Duran-Gonzalez, Eusebio Santiago, Edwin Aviles, MSG Jose E. Colon (Ret.), Juan O’Neill
• 37 Minutes with Quevedo
• Christmas Merchandise Sale until January 5, 2022
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos

May 2021 Newsletter – #47 (725KB)

In the May 2021 Newsletter:

• April 13th – National Borinqueneer Day
• My Memories and Recollections by Carlos Santiago-Trossi
• Virtual Presentations and Screenings
• In Memoriam… Pedro Jackson-Morales, Myles Geer, Felix R. Soto-Luna, David Reyes-Morales,  SFC Juan Feliciano-Rodriguez (Ret.),  Miguel A. Hernandez-Colon, Juan Vazquez-Soto, Diego Figueroa-Reyes, Delcio-Rivera-Rosario, Guillermo Frau-Rullan, SFC Wistremundo Dones (Ret.), Ramon Flores-Mercado, Harold Channer, Francisco J. Norat, CSM Orlando Hernandez-Lopez (Ret., USAR)
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2020 Newsletter – #46 (773KB)

In the November 2020 Newsletter:

• The 65th Association Clubhouse Updated
• The Lost Borinqueneers of Vietnam
• New 2020 Issue of the Borinqueneers Photo Directory
• In Memoriam… Tito Soto-Mercado, Kenneth E. Darnell, Pedro L. Vega-Gaston, Miguel A. Calderon-Ramos, William Feliciano-Ruiz, Jose Velazquez-Madera, COL Harry H. Clark, Americo Sanchez-Ortiz, SSG Luis A. Sepulveda-Ortiz and Juan Figueroa-Nazario  
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Christmas Sale until Jan. 9, 2021!!

May 2020 Newsletter – #45 (715kb)

In the May 2020 Newsletter:

• The New Borinqueneers Gate at Fort Buchanan
• Latest news – Fundraising Goal Reached for 65th Inf. Assoc. Repairs; More Guardian Angels, More BCGM Ceremonies, Donation from the Veterans Club of Solivita, Korean Ambassador for Peace Medal, 65th Inf. T-shirts to be Discontinued
• The Inaugural Parade Praise for Porto Ricans originally published by the New York Times in 1901
• In Memoriam… Alfredo Jiménez-Báez, SGT Ramón Torres-Villafañe, CW4 Osvaldo Alvarado, 1ST Fernando Rodríguez-Borges, SFC Gonzalo Tapia-Falú, SGT Juan Gualberto Acevedo, CSM Asunción Candelario; TSgt Emilio Castro-Rivera, Jose Otero-González, SSG Juan Santini-Martínez, SFC William Van Derdys, José Angel Pérez-Rodríguez, Guillermo Rolón-Ortiz, Santiago Benigno Franceschini, José A. Santos-Rolón  
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2019 Newsletter – #44 (900KB)

In the November 2019 Newsletter: 

• Requesting Donations for 65th Infantry Assoc. Clubhouse
• Presumed Dead by CW4 Jose I. Mercado
• In Memoriam… SSG Felix Miscalichi (Ret.), Leonardo Justiniano Rivera, Alford Rodriguez-Rivera, SFC Warren Torres-Toro (Ret.), Manuel San Miguel-Griffo, William Vega-Cordero, Ramon Valentin-Mendez
• Borinqueneers Celebrating 100 Years!  (SSG Juan Santini-Martinez (Ret.), MSG Jose E. Colon (Ret.) and Alberto Laureano Gonzalez
• Korea Revisit Program Ends
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Christmas Sale

May 2019 Newsletter – #43 (780kb)

In the May 2019 Newsletter:

• Updated Borinqueneers.com Website
• Popular New Item!  Congressional Gold Medal Chain
• Crossing the Hantan River written by Maj. Johnnie L. Bohannon  (Ret.)
• Borinqueneers! poem written by CSM José Luis Silva Díaz (Ret.)
• In Memoriam… Héctor Luis Borges, Samuel D. Pagán Ayala, Luis R. Centeno, COL Walter McCostlin (Ret.) 
• Letters to the Editor
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2018 Newsletter – #42 (993 KB)

In this issue:

• Borinqueneers Post Office Building in Kissimmee
• The Puerto Rican Charity written by Antonio E. Padrón
• In Memoriam… SFC Restituto Oyola-Alvarez (Ret.), Félix Cardona-Quiñones, Col. Duquesne “Duke” Wolf (Ret.), Felio Sánchez-Agosto, SSG Vidal Cordero-Burgos (Ret.), SFC Jack P. Tolbert (Ret.), Col. Winfred G. Skelton, Jr. (Ret.), LTC John D. Gagin (Ret.), Luis Rodríguez-Rodríguez, CSM Héctor M. Pérez (Ret.), SSG Angel Luis Cruz-Gerena (Ret.)
• Letters to the Editor
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Christmas Sale!

May 2018 Newsletter – #41 (727 KB)

In this issue:

• Monuments, Honors & More!
• A Hillbilly Travels to Korea, 1951 written by Guillermo Fraú Rullán
• In Memoriam… Gen. Richard Cavazos (Ret.), SFC Angel Matos-Torres (Ret.), Felipe Torres-Rivera, Raymond A. Muñoz, Florencio E. Lorenzo, Leonardo Zeno-Figueroa, Carlos Josue Gonzalez-Mercado, Sabino del Valle, Jose M. Leon-Camacho, Martin Troche, CSM Ferdinand Ramos-Mercado (Ret.), LTC John D. Gagin (Ret.), SFC Efrain Sierra-Rivera (Ret.), Ernesto Otero-Rivera.
• Events Photos
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2017 Newsletter – #40 (1.23 MB)

In this issue:

• Revisiting Korea
• Hurricane Maria
• Thanks to our Volunteer Translators
• Event Photos – Korea
• The Language Barrier by LTC George E. Armstrong (Ret.)
• Upcoming Presentations
• In Memoriam… SSG Samuel Pagan (Ret.), SGM Francisco Alicea Rivera (Ret.), Pedro R. Perez, Pablo Roberto Burgos, Carlos M. Rivera, LTC Miguel Angel Mejia (Ret.), SSG Rafael Rodriguez Rivera (Ret.)
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Christmas Sale

June 2017 Newsletter – #39 (1.17 MB)

In this issue:

• Tenth Anniversary of the DVD
• New Address
• Volunteer Translators
• Past Presentations
• Events Photos
• Letters from the Front Lines
• Home from the War by Ralph Oliver
• Puerto Rican Veterans Visit Korea
• Returning to Korea This September
• In Memoriam… COL John Palese, MD (Ret., ARNG), SFC Marcos Rodriguez Lebron (Ret.), Domingo Morales Calderon, Francisco Camacho Ledesma, Luis Rodriguez
• Designer of the Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Wins the 2017 International Design Award
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2016 Newsletter – #38 (1.61 MB)

In this issue:

• • A Day of Celebration!  (Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony)
  • Korea Revisit Program
  • Event Photos
  • Puerto Ricans of the 65^th Infantry in the Maritime Alps by Jean-Loup Gassend
  • In Memoriam – COL Gerald Wilcomb, Vicente Estrada Ortiz, Raul Aldarondo Galvan, SSG Armando Torres, SGT Felix Torres Burgos, SFC Milton Canting Rovira, SFC Francisco Riestra Lopez, SGT Manuel Jimenez Morales, MAJ Ceferino Declet, Charles D. Cabaniss, Juan Gonzalez Morales, SSG Rafael Gonzalez Miranda, Noe Irizarry Padilla, Abisai Gonzalez Camacho, Luis M. Delgado
  • Borinqueneer Photos
  • New, Bigger and Better – 2017 Borinqueneers Photo Directory and Christmas Sale

April 2016 Newsletter – #37 (1.12 MB)

In this issue:

• Medal Unveiling Ceremony Scheduled for April 13, 2016
• Don’t Have Proof of Your 65th Service?
• Henry Barracks Miliary Reservation:  The Evolution of a Military Facility to Public Lands  by James J. Prewitt Diaz, MA, MS and Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz, Ph
• Event Photos
• In Memoriam – MSG Reginald Bayona-Sanderson, MSG Jose Hernandez-Soto, SSG Jose A. Lamboglia-Alvarez, SFC Pascual Melendez-Lopez, Efrain Rosado-Pagan, Felix A. Rosado, MSG Edison Reyes-Matos, SSG Harry Rosario, Ramon Vera-Serrano, MSG Francisco Clemente Torregrosa and Felipe Aponte-Colon
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Thank you for making our Puerto Rico trip a success!

November 2015 Newsletter – #36 (1.51 KB)

In this issue:

• BCG Medal Design Selected
• Interviews of Korean War Veterans in Puerto Rico (Feb. 10-17, 2016)
• Event Photos
• NEW – Borinqueneers Photo Directory
• In Memoriam – SFC Julian Colon, Manuel Norat, Harry J. Sternburg, Angel M. Santana, Gerardo Alverio, Dr. Hector P. Gutierrez, Antonio Ramos Oyola, Ramon Aponte Guzman, Dr. Enrique “Coco” Vicens, Pedro Marti Arguinzoni, 1SG Julio Ortiz Correa, Alcides Rivera Velez, Angel M. Loyola Figuera, Juan B. Melendez, Andres Medina Figueroa, Jose “Pepe” Rivera Colon, Cristobal Rivera Malave and Francisco Oliveras Padilla
• Borinqueneer Photos – 65^th Infantry Regimental Commanders and others
• Upcoming Events
• Christmas Sale until January 9, 2016

May 2015 Newsletter – #35 (3.89 MB)

In this issue:

• American Veterans Center Awards Honor The 65th
• American Legion Conference in Puerto Rico – June 5-7
• Congressional Gold Medal Update
• Have You Sent us Your Service Information?
• Proposed Honors for the 65th in Connecticut
• Merchandise for Sale at El Morro and Fort San Cristobal
• Puerto Rico TV Broadcast
• Event Photos
• In Memoriam – SFC German Bravo, SFC Jesus Asencio Vazquez, SSG Jose Rodriguez Velazquez, Jose Vientos Velez, David Nazario Segarra, SMsgt Louis Ramirez Pabon, 1SGT Luis Figueroa Rivera
• Borinqueneer Letters
• Return to Jackson Heights by COL Bob Carmichael (Ret.)
• Borinqueneer Photos – 65^th Infantry Regimental Commanders and others

November 2014 Newsletter – #34 (2.23 MB)

In this issue:

• News from the Editor –  Congressional Gold Medal Enacted into Law!
• Send Your 65th Infantry Census Form!
• Nov. 8, 2014 – American Veterans Center Honors the Borinqueneers
• Puerto Rico TV Broadcasts Film
• Hidden Treasures in Puerto Rico
• Event Photos
• In Memoriam… Felipe Ramos, Solfi Colón Rivera, MSG Ramón Figueroa Delgado (Ret.), Felix Rosado Melendez, Salvador Romero Rivera, Roberto Hernández, SSG Leonardo Martinez (Ret.), Nicolás Jiménez, SFC Juan A. Castillo (Ret.), David Ortiz Angleró-Spanish Narrator
• Borinqueneer Letters
• Borinqueneer Photos – 65th Infantry Regimental Commanders and others

May 2014 Newsletter – #33 (1.48 MB)

In this issue:

• News from the Editor – Medal of Honor Awarded to 4 Puerto Ricans
• Profiles of 4 Medal of Honor Recipients – MSG Juan E. Negron, Pvt Demensio Rivera, Pvt Miguel A. Vera, SSG Felix M. Conde Falcon
• Congressional Gold Medal Update
• Borinqueneers Stamp Update
• A Legacy of Service – article by Noemi Figueroa Soulet
• In Memoriam… SFC Carlos M. Ruiz (Ret.), SFC Alberto Lugo (Ret.), SFC Jaime Henriquez Pabon (Ret.), Carlos M. Bonilla
• New York’s Puerto Rican Day Parade Honors The 65th
• Borinqueneer Photos – 65th Infantry Regimental Commanders and others

November 2013 Newsletter – #32 (1.86 MB)

In this issue:

• More Tributes for the 65th

• Hispanic Heritage Celebrations
• Christmas Merchandise Sale
• A Message from Afghanistan
• Borinqueneer Profiled on PBS Series “The Latino Americans”
• Congressional Gold Medal Update
• Events Photos
• In Memoriam… SSG Antonio Gomez Mendoza (Ret.), Felix Rosado Melendez, Angel M. Rivera Ortiz
• Upcoming Events
• Borinqueneer Photos

May 2013 Newsletter – #31 (1 MB)

In this issue:

• More Tributes for the 65th
• Upcoming Presentations
• News about the Congressional Gold Medal Initiative
• Information Needed About our 65th Infantry Veterans
• A Band of Brothers – Puerto Rican brothers who have served
• Pentagon Channel Broadcasts
• In Memoriam… Eugenio Martinez Matos, Luis E. Lugo, LTC Walter P. Lukens, LTC Agustin Adan Ramirez, Luis Ramos
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2012 Newsletter – #30 (1.94 MB)

In this issue:

• News from the Editor – Screenings at Casa de America, GI Film Festival, San Juan Tributes, Rochester Latino Film Festival, Buffalo Int’l Film Festival, Int’l Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival, Festival Int’l de Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano and the adoption of a NY State Legislative Resolution.
• 65th Infantry Regiment and the Congressional Gold Medal – creation of the Borinqueneers CGM Alliance to obtain the Congressional Gold Medal for the 65th Infantry Regiment.  65th Census Form attached at end of the newsletter.
• A Story Worth Telling and Remembering – article by Col. Agustin Muñoz, MD
• New York State Resolution Passed
• SFC Marcos Melendez (Ret.) Interviewed for PBS Series
• In Memoriam… MAJ GEN Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer (Ret., NG), Hector Aleman Cuadro, MSG Carlos Cordova (Ret.), Victor Caban, Igrail Morales Gonzalez, Luis Guillermo Acosta, MSG Matias Rodriguez, CW2 Jose B. Saez (Ret.)
• The Pentagon Channel Broadcasts “The Borinqueneers”
• Borinqueneer Photos

May 2012 Newsletter – #29 (2.39 MB)

In this issue:

• News from the Editor – Lancaster Latino Film Festival, Update on the Cartagena Medal of Honor Campaign
• Military Vehicle Preservation Foundation of Puerto Rico
• Military Still Awaits Remains of Missing Soldier – Pvt. Tomás Martinez Candelario
• Korean War Missing in Action Update
• Upcoming Presentations – Casa de America (Madrid), GI Film Festival (Washington, DC), Multicultural Music Group (Bronx, NY)
• Belated Recognition – MSG Andres Vergara (Ret.), Andres Medina
• Service Academy Super-Reunion
• In Memoriam… SSG Gil R. Lopez (Ret.), SGM Antonio Lopez Aponte (Ret.), MSG Venancio de Jesus (Ret.)
• Borinqueneers Stamp Campaign Update
• PBS Series Seeks Puerto Rican WWII Veterans
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2011 Newsletter – #28 (1.47 MB)

In this issue:

• A Movement to Get a Medal of Honor for SFC Modesto Cartagena
• Letters to the Editor– Felipe Aponte Colon and Scott Porterfield
• Stolen Valor– Cpl. Fabian Nieves Laguer (DSC recipient)
• In Memoriam… Col. Juan Flores Sanchez (Ret., ARNG), Brig. Gen. Antonio Rodriguez Baliñas (Ret., US Army Reserve), SSG José Mercado Pacheco (Ret.), Efrain Santiago
• Borinqueneer Photos

May 2011 Newsletter – #27 (1.05 MB)

In this issue:

• 65th Infantry Veteran’s Park Unveiled in Florida
• Article Part 2 – More Truths about Jackson Heights (written by Noemi Figueroa Soulet)
• In Memoriam… Col. Kenneth D. Hapgood (Ret., USAR), Harry C. Van Zandt, SFC Celio Freytes (Ret.), SGT Emilio Pagan Gines, Abdon Acevedo, SSG Gil R. Lopez (Ret.)
• Stamp Campaign Update – Senate of Puerto Rico Resolution and Letter of Support from Congressman Bill Posey (15th Congressional District of Florida)
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2010 Newsletter – #26 (1.07 MB)

In this issue:

• State Resolutions Support the Stamp Campaign
• Article – More Truths about Jackson Heights (written by Noemi Figueroa Soulet)
• Modesto Cartagena Commemorative Patch
• In Memoriam… Col. Walter Clark, Jose Negron Torres, Guillermo Alamo, Moises Rivera Gonzalez, Miguel Orengo, CSM Jose Amalbert
• Letters to the Editor – from Luis R. Ramos
• New Merchandise – Corea/Vietnam:  Dos Guerras Que Quise Olvidar (paperback), Zazzle.com products
• Borinqueneer Photos

May 2010 Newsletter – #25 (1.27 MB)

In this issue:

• The Borinqueneers Stamp Campaign
• Article – Jackson Heights, Korea, 28 October 1952 (Written by LTC Bart Soto (Ret.))
• Hispanic Heritage Stamp Series
• In Memoriam… SFC Modesto Cartagena, Jaime Lopez, Cristobal Maymi Borras
• Teaching Students About Racism and Prejudice Using the Borinqueneers Study Guide(written by Roberto Fernández, Social Studies Teacher)
• May 8, 2010 Puerto Rico Monument Fundraiser sponsored by the Borinqueneers Motorcycle Club of PA
• New Merchandise
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2009 Newsletter – #24 (2.35 MB)

In this issue:

• A Prosperous Year
• Today’s Borinqueneers in the Horn of Africa
• Letters to the Editor by 1SG Fernando Rodriguez-Borges
• Activities – Photos
• Florida Honors the Borinqueneers
• In Memoriam… SGT Anselmo Figueroa (Ret.), Gilberto Soulet
• New Merchandise and new custom products at www.borinqueneers/shop
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Petition Form for a U.S. Stamp of THE BORINQUENEERS

April 2009 Newsletter – #23 (1.24 MB)

In this issue:

• More Honors
• Borinqueneers Motorcycle Club
• Mailed Newsletters
• Have You Purchased Yours?
• Response by Harry Van Zandt regarding 65th Medals 
• Nationwide Events – Photos
• In Memoriam… LTC George D. Jackson (Ret.), Col. Gilberto Gonzalez Julia (Ret.), LTC Angel Escribano Aponte (Ret.), Ramón S. Velez, Marcelino Cruz-Rodríguez
• Borinqueneer Photos
• Upcoming Screenings

September 2008 Newsletter – #22 (1.54MG)

In this issue:

• Honors & Awards
• Website Improvements
• New DVD Price – $29.99!
• What Can You Do?
• The 65th Infantry Regiment in Korea: Where Did All the Medals Go? Written by Colonel Gilberto Villahermosa
• Screenings and Events – Photos
• Puerto Rico Screenings – Photos
• In Memoriam… LTC Tomás Guffain (Ret.), Jesús Nieves Crespo, Carmelo Acevedo, Santiago Montalvo Montalvo, William Marquez, SSGT Antonio Santos Carrucini (Ret.)
• Upcoming Screenings
• 65th Veteran:  Are You on Our List?
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 2007 Newsletter – #21 (2.02 MB)

In this issue:

• Presenting THE BORINQUENEERS in Puerto Rico
• More Website Changes
• EDUCATORS:  The Study Guide Has Arrived
• Resolution 443 Passed
• News & Screening Events with Photos
• In Memoriam… Carlos Ruíz Gaudín, LTC Romeo “Rick” Bucknell (Ret.), Jose Eugenio Rivera Acevedo, Miguel Angel Seda
• Accolades
• Borinqueneer Photos

May 2007 Newsletter – #20 (972 KB)

In this issue:

• Public Television Broadcast
• Upcoming Screenings
• Our NEW Spanish Narrator – David Ortiz Anglero
• Our Re-Designed Website – borinqueneers.com
• A Teacher’s Guide Coming Soon!
• The Cinema Guild – Our New Educational Distributor
• In Memoriam… – SFC José Escribano, Sr. (Ret.) and CSM Jose “Pepe” Figueroa-Casos (Ret.)
• Korean War Memorial of Central Massachusetts
• Our Last & Final Roll Call – list of recent donors
• More Casualties – Let us Remember Them…
• DVD Pre-Sale Offer – $29.99 Order by July 1st

December 2006 Newsletter – #19 (2.12 MB)

In this issue:

• We’re Back!!
• The Year at Work – Photos
• Our Spanish Narrator – Jorge Ramos
• More News!
• Connecticut National Guard Hispanic Heritage Celebration
• More Casualties – Let Us Remember Them
• In Memoriam… – SSG Gabriel Soto-Rivera (Ret.), Jaime Rosario, SGM Luis Laboy-Torres (Ret.), Maj. Luis Raul Rodriguez and Rafael Rivera-Torres
• A Last Encounter by Eugenio Quevedo
• Annual Merchandise Christmas Sale
• Roll Call – list of recent donors
• Guardian Angels
• Borinqueneer Photos

December 2005 Newsletter – #18 (691 KB)

In this issue:

• Seasons Greetings
• New Recruits – Patricia García-Rios and Miguel Picker
• Letters From the Vets
• Annual Merchandise Christmas Sale
• Let Us Remember Them…
• Heroes in Korea by Tony “Doc” Muniz
• Hispanic Heritage Celebration – Oct. 3, 2005 , U.S. Coast Guard Academy
• Agustín Ramos Calero Mystery Solved!
• Guardian Angels
• Donation Form
• Borinqueneer Photos

August 2005 Newsletter – #17 (1.06 MB)

In this issue:

• • Citizens Educational Foundation Donates $25,000
  • New Interns – Welby Alcantará and Arlene Rodriguez
  • Let Us Remember Them…
  • Letters From the Vets
  • SFC Agustín Ramos Calero – “One-Man Army”
  • Wanted: 65th Veterans to Participate in the CT Veterans Day Parade of Hartford
  • Hero of the Korean War Awarded Bronze Star – Lt. Manuel Rodríguez
  • Jersey City Puerto Rican Heritage Festival & Parade Gala Event – Apr. 23, 2005
  • Better Late Than Never! – Verizon’s Hispanic Support Group donation
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • Guardian Angels
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos

April 2005 Newsletter – #16 (689 KB)

In this issue:

• • Efforts to Upgrade 65th Vet to Medal of Honor – SFC Jack Tolbert
  • El Pozo Productions Invites the Executive Council of the Korean War Veterans Association to be Sponsors
  • Sale of Book “THE MOUNTAIN DEVILS” by Jorge Feliciano Ruiz
  • Let Us Remember Them….
  • Presentations 
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • In Memoriam… SFC Ernesto Forestier (Ret.), CAP Mario E. Villamarzo (Ret.) and Alfred Requena
  • Guardian Angels
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos

December 2004 Newsletter – #15 (823 KB)

In this issue:

• • A 1944 Christmas by William Feliciano Ruiz, Esq.
  • World War II Memorial
  • Looking For…  Catalino Gonzáles Ayala, Cristóbal Meléndez Claudio, SSGT José E. Delgado (Ret.)
  • In Memoriam… CAP Federico Pagani (Ret.), MSG Fidel A. Rijos (Ret.), Angel C. Díaz and SSG Nestor D. Ramírez (Ret.)
  • Presentations
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos
  • Let Us Remember Them…

August 2004 Newsletter – #14 (1.85 MB)

In this issue:

• • You Made A Difference!
  • Presentations!
  • Let Us Remember Them…
  • Event Photos – Boricua Agenda Summit & Puerto Rican Parade of Trenton, NJ
  • The 65th Infantry Regiment in the Global War on Terror by BG Roberto Marrrero-Corletto (Edited by LTC Bart Soto, Ret., US Army Reserve)
  • Remains of 65th Soldiers Found
  • KWVA Puerto Rico Chapter??
  • Ceremony for Lt. Rodriguez
  • Guardian Angels
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos

April 2004 Newsletter – #13 (872 KB)

In this issue:

• • A Challenge to Make A Difference by William Cruz
  • Mambo on Hill 167 by LTC Bart Soto (Ret., US Army Reserve)
  • Found!! – Lt. William Nelson’s family and Lt. Manuel Rodriguez’s family
  • In Memoriam… COL Howard St. Clair (Ret.), Smith Barton Chamberlain, MS Hernan Silva-Torres (Ret.), Monserrate Almodovar
  • Review of Mailing List
  • The Korea Revisit Program
  • Guardian Angels
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos

December 2003 Newsletter – #12 (1.13 MB)

In this issue:

• • Memories of Korea
  • 65th Cavalry Brigade Hispanic Heritage Celebration (South Korea)
  • SFC German Bravo (Ret.) – replacement for Korea Trip
  • History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade
  • Looking For…
  • Project Status
  • Guardian Angels
  • Let Us Remember Them…
  • Correction! – Jose Burgos
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos

August 2003 Newsletter – #11 (1.20 MB)

In this issue:

• • Revisiting Korea
  • Eastman Foundation Grant
  • Activities
  • New Jersey Hispanic Research & Information Center Fundraiser
  • The Making of a Documentary by Raquel Ortiz, Co-Producer
  • Let Us Remember Them…
  • Guardian Angels
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • In Memoriam… – LTC Carlos Betances (Ret.), José Burgos, SGT Emilio Brito (Ret.), José Octavio Cordero, COL Willis “Bud” Cronkhite (Ret.), Nestor Díaz, LTC William A. Friedman (Ret.), Robert J. Heredia, Jr., Richard Madden, Samuel Martínez-Toro, Pedro Elias Rodríguez, Asunción Santiago-Cruz, MAJ Luis Valencia (Ret.).
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos

April 2003 Newsletter – #10 (840KB)

In this issue:

• • Status Report
  • Activities
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • National World War II Memorial
  • Guardian Angels
  • A Time to Remember by Sgt. José E. Colon (Ret.)
  • Get to Know Our Advisory Board
  • Silver Star Ceremony for LTC George D. Jackson
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos

December 2002 Newsletter – #9 (1.21MB)

In this issue:

• • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
  • Activities
  • Guardian Angels
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • Our Narrator:  Hector Elizondo
  • Justice Not Served (for Sgt. José A. Negrón (Ret.)
  • In Memoriam… COL Willis “Bud” Cronkhite (Ret.)
  • Borinqueneer Photos

September 2002 Newsletter – #8 (1.50MB)

In this issue:

• • Local Community Support
  • Event Photos
  • Letters to the Editor by Rubén Rafael Laureano Díaz, Carmen Hilda Díaz, Vda. Laureano and Rubén Rafael Laureano Arvelo
  • In Memoriam… LTC William Friedman (Ret.)
  • Announcements
  • Guardian Angels
  • Donation Form
  • Borinqueneer Photos

April 2002 Newsletter – #7 (1.32MB)

In this issue:

• • Moving On….
  • Miami Concert
  • Guardian Angels
  • Roll Call (Donations)
  • Looking For… 
  • Upcoming Events
  • Remembering Those Left Behind by John Scott Porterfield
  • Remembering Those Left Behind… PFC Fernando Torret, LT Rubén Laureano and SFC Angel L. Ocasio
  • Borinqueneer Photos

December 2001 Newsletter – #6 (2.36MB)

In this issue:

• At War Again!!
• September 30th Benefit
• Presentations
• Documentary Project Update
• Searching for… 
• Roll Call (Donations)
• Guardian Angels
• Reuniting 2 Vets After 50 Years! (CSM José “Pepe” Figueroa Casos (Ret.) & SFC Carlos Ruiz (Ret.))
• In Memoriam… LTC Carlos Betances Ramírez
• Borinqueneer Photos

June 2001 Newsletter – #5 (1.80MB)

In this issue:

• 65th Monument Unveiling
• Mystery of the Stamp
• Documentary Project Update
• Friends for Life (José A. de la Rosa Meléndez & José Octavio Cordero)
• Puerto Rico Humanities Council $10,000 Grant
• Presentations
• Angel Fire Monument
• Guardian Angels
• Roll Call (Donations)
• 65th Monument Unveiling (Photos)
• Korean Service Medal from Republic of Korea
• Whose Field Desk or Foot Locker Was It?? by Walter Craig Davidson
• Borinqueneer Photos

December 2000 Newsletter – #4 (1.85MB)

In this issue:

• Happy Holidays!
• A Happy Reunion (Juan Soto & Nestor Díaz)
• 65th Infantry Tributes
• Event Photos
• Presentations
• A Changing of the Guard (from Co-Producer Fred Noriega to Raquel Ortiz)
• Guardian Angels
• Puerto Rico Humanities Council
• Roll Call (Donations)
• Money Talk
• Newsletter and Email List
• Borinqueneer Photos

July 2000 Newsletter – #3 (528KB)

In this issue:

• Great Progress!
• Videotaped Interviews!
• Westchester Film Festival
• Honor Roll
• Presentations
• More Guardian Angels
• Searching for Friends of…
• Calendar of Events
• In the News….
• Borinqueneer Photos

March 2000 Newsletter – #2 (639KB)

In this issue:

• Happy New Millennium!
• Show Me The Money!
• Two New Recruits (College Interns Lydia Serrano & Sonia González)
• New Jersey Fundraiser
• Puerto Rico International Book Fair
• Project Status
• Searching for Friends of… 1LT Charles H. Fleming
• More Guardian Angels
• Army Tribute to the 65th
• Calendar of Events
• Borinqueneer Photos

November 1999 Newsletter – #1 (381KB)

In this issue:

• Welcome to Our First Issue!
• October 3rd Benefit
• Grant from the Puerto Rico Humanities Council
• NY Latino Film & Video Festival
• Our Guardian Angels
• Calendar of Events
• Borinqueneer Photos