65th Infantry Regiment

31-45

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CHAPLAIN ROTT (below) chats
with Pvt. Felix S. Marinda, of
Ponce, P.R., before holding
Sunday services. The
chaplain's driver is PFC
Osvaldo S. Flores, of Luzon P.
R.

Cpl. Carlos Ortiz Aponte, 65th
INF., 1951 - 1952

Cpl. Carlos Ortiz Aponte, 65th
INF. - 1952

 Members of the Weapons
Platoon, Company B, 65th Inf
Regt Korea 1950-51

Members of the 65th Infantry
Regiment, 3rd Division,
Company M, guard a hill. -
Korea

Mst.Sgt. Cristobal Melendez
Claudio standing next to
105mm Howitzer - North Korea
- April 19, 1951

NEW COMMANDER- Col. Juan
Cesar Cordero (second from
left), new commander of the
65th Infantry (Puerto Rican)
Regiment, 3d Division, shakes
hands with former CO, Col.
Julian B. Lindsey (center),
recently assigned deputy
assistant division commander
of the 3d Division. Present at
the hand- clasping
ceremonies, were Lt. Col.
Norbert Cools (left), com-
mander of Belgian forces in
Korea, Lt. Col. H.B. Tuazon
(second from right), executive
officer of the Philippine forces
and Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Cross
(far right), commander of the
3d . (U.S. Army Photo by Pvt.
Peter Pineiro)

CPL. Gilberto Calderon recieves
the Silver Star.

 1st Lt. Stanley R. Dankowski -
Posthumously Awarded
Distinguished Service Cross

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P.
Dankowski, of East Orange, N.
J, accept the Distinguished
Service Cross, posthumously,
for their son, First Lieutenant
Stanley R. Dankowski, Jr, from
Brig. Gen. William H. Colbern,
Deputy Commanding General of
First Army, at Fort Jay,
Governor's Island, N.Y.  U.S.
Army photograph 30-094-940-
1/AH-54 10 Sept 54 -
Photographer : SFC.
Christiansen

Soldiers of the 65th Infantry
Regiment awaiting to be
evacuated from Hungnam,
Korea.

Han River, Korea - March 30,
1951

HOLDING THE LINE : (Above) A
BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle)
man of the 65th Inf. Regt.
(recruited on Puerto Rico), 3rd
Inf. Div., trades fire with a
Communist patrol. The 65th
held fast during the first thrust
of the massive Chinese
offensive on April 22, 1951.

Osan, korea

Recipient of the Silver Star
PFC Victor Lizardi