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History.com: Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Fought Bravely in Korea Then Had to Fight for Redemption

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The Borinqueneers, the U.S. military's only all-Hispanic unit, saw their sacrifice and achievements overshadowed by a trumped-up court martial. The U.S. Army's 65th Infantry Regiment, the only all-Hispanic unit that hailed mostly from Puerto Rico, inspires pride for their dogged combat in the Korean War in the early 1950s. These soldiers also spent decades trying to clear their name. The segregated regiment -- which took the nickname the Borinqueneers, honoring the Indigenous Taino name for their homeland -- went from being heralded by General Douglas MacArthur for battlefield bravery to having 91 soldiers court martialed and jailed in 1952.

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