Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños | Understanding, Preserving, Sharing the Puerto Rican Experience

The Puerto Rican Experience In The U.S. Military: A Century Of Unheralded Service

written by Dr. Harry Franqui-Rivera; Senior Digital Aide, Monique Aviles

Puerto Ricans in the Military Oral History

In this section, Puerto Rican veterans recount their experiences under fire and what it felt to go through their “baptism of fire”.

Deep impact, Juan Cortez

Courage Under Fire, Juan Cortez

Courage Under Fire, Antonio Molina

He volunteered to serve in Vietnam while stationed in Japan in 1964. On April 21, 1965,...

Courage Under Fire II, Antonio Molina

Courage Under Fire, Guillermo