65th Infantry Regiment

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Governor Pedro Rossello
(Center)  Mr. Luis Martinez
(lost his brothers in the Korean
War) surrounded by other
Korean War Veterans help
dedicate the Sugar Maple tree
at Arlingotn Cemetery.

Mr. Cordero (L),  Mr. Carlos
Romero-Barcelo around the
tree dedicated at Arlington
sing the 65th Regimental Song
along with all the 65th
Veterans.

Arlington Cemetary - Veterans
of the 65th plant a tree to
honor those who did not come
home.

Two generations of Puerto
Rican Combat Soldiers,  SSGT.
Ramirez Sr.  (Wheelchair) 65th
Infantry Regiment Veteran of
the Korean War, his Son
Colonel Ramirez (US Army),
and Ms. Yadira Almodovar
attend the dedication
ceremony.

Mr. Carlos Romero-Barcelo,
Puerto Rico's    Delegate to
the US Congress

Honering the 65th in Puerto
Rico.

 10/19/2002--Fort Logan
National Cemetery, Denver,
Colorado (center: SFC
Modesto Cartagena, Col. Bill
Neal, 50th Anniversary of the
Korean War Committee, Left to
Right: Mr. Anthony Mele,
Chairman, 65th Honor Task
Force, Mrs. Mildred Harris (BG
Harris widow),  Mrs. Lynn
Harris-Armstrong (BG Harris
daughter), Mr. Carlos
Cartagena (SFC Cartagena
grandson),  Mr. O'Neal, Events
Officer, Fort Logan National
Cemetery)

Recipient of the Silver Star
1st.Lt. LUIS R. RODRIGUEZ

Cardinal Luis Aponte Martinez

Memorial Plaque for the 65th
Infantry Regiment at Fort
Logan, Colo.

Captain Thomas Guffain & 1st
Lt. Luis R. Rodriguez Korea
1951

Lieutenant Colonel Carlos
Betances Ramirez

El Pasoan Modesto Cartagena
Jr., left, and his wife Alicia,
right, are working to get a
Medal of Honor for his father,
Modesto Cartagena, center, of
Puerto Rico, who served in the
3rd Infantry Division in 1951 in
Korea. El Paso Times

Dec 6, 1950 - From a hilltop
about 1 mile north of Haton-Ni,
Korea, men of L Co, 65th Inf.
Regt. , 3rd Inf. Div. , fire 60
mm mortars on enemy
positions. U.S. Army Photo by
Sgt. T. Elkins

1st. Lt. Luis R. Rodriguez