Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance 10-16-2013 Update

7/27/2019 Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance 10-16-2013 Update

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H.R.1726, currently has 13

ofthe required 290 Co-

Sponsors. The U.S. Senate b

S.1174, introduced in June

Sen. Richard Blumentha

(D-CT), has 18 of the nece

sary 67 Co-Sponsors.

You can help by asking yo

one US House of Reps mem

ber & two US Senators tobecome Co-Sponsors of

bills NOW!

Contact your U.S.

lawmakers NOW!

Similar in nature to the famed

Tuskegee Airmen and other

segregated U.S. military units,the 65th Infantry Regiment

Borinqueneers were the larg-

est, longest-standing, and only

active-duty segregated Latino

military unit in U.S. history.

Like the Tuskegee Airmen, Nav-

ajo Code Talkers, Nisei Soldiers,

and Montford Point Marines

whove already been recognized

with the Congressional Gold

Medal, the Borinqueneers over-

whelmingly distinguished them-

selves in battle all the while en-during the additional

hardships of segregation and

discrimination.

Hailing from Puerto Rico, the

US Army unit was active from

1899-1959. The youngest of

these remaining Latino-American

heroes are in their 80s and

90s, having served in the

Korean War.

A nationwide, non-partisan, all-

volunteer group, the

Borinqueneers

Congressional Gold MedalAlliance has been advocating

the awarding of the Congres-

sional Gold Medal to these

elderly veterans since late

last year. Made up of veter-

ans, Latino-Americans, andlike-minded patriots, the or-

ganization has worked veryclosely with members of the

U.S. Congress to facilitate the

successful introduction and

subsequent support of special

bipartisan legislation,

which requires Co-

Sponsorship by two-thirds

of each chamber for passage.

The U.S. House of Represent-atives bill, introduced this

spring by Representatives

Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) and

Bill Posey (R-FL),

BIG PUSH for many more Co-Sponsors by Veterans Da

October 16, 2013In support of H.R.1726 & S.1174!

Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Allianc

See the LATESTHONOR ROLL of

Co-Sponsors of the

Borinqueneers

Congressional Gold

Medal Act:

US House of

Representatives billH.R.1726

US Senate bill

S.1174

NATIONAL SUPPORTERS INCLUDE:

WebsiteFacebook Page

Twitter

YouTube Video

In The News

More great links:

Special Hispanic

Heritage Report

LULAC letter to

Members of Congress!

ALERT:Veterans Day is on

November 11th.Lets crank things

up a notch to get

many moreCo-Sponsors

by then!!!

Lets get em!Contact YOUR U.S

lawmakers & ask theto CO-SPONSOR

H.R.1726 & S.1174

in honor of theBorinqueneers

& all Latino Veteran

by Veterans Day!
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Thank You Very

Much to:AlabamaRep. Martha Roby (R)

American SamoaRep. Eni Faleomavaega(D)

ArizonaRep. Ed Pastor (D)Rep. Raul Grijalva (D)

CaliforniaRep. Juan Vargas (D)Rep. Tony Cardenas (D)Rep. Raul Ruiz (D)Rep. Xavier Becerra (D)Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard(D)Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D)Rep. Jerry McNerny(D)Rep. Sam Farr (D)

Rep. Grace Napolitano (D)

Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D)Rep. Eric Swalwell (D)Rep. Judy Chu (D)Rep. Linda Sanchez (D)Rep. Jim Costa (D)Rep. Maxine Waters (D)

ConnecticutRep.Elizabeth Esty(D)Rep.Jim Himes (D)Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D)Rep. Joe Courtney (D)Rep. John B. Larson (D)

DelawareRep.John Carney (D)

GeorgiaRep. Tom Price (R)Rep. John Lewis (D)

GuamRep. Madeleine Bordallo (D)

FloridaRep. Bill Posey (R)Rep. Daniel Webster (R)Rep. Joe Garcia (D)Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R)Rep. Frederica Wilson (D)Rep. Alan Grayson (D)Rep. Corrine Brown (D)Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R)Rep. Jeff Miller (R)

Rep. Ileana Ros-

Lehtinen (R)

Rep.Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D)Rep. Alcee Hastings (D)Rep. Steve Southerland (R)Rep. Ted Yoho (R)Rep. Patrick Murphy (D)Rep. Ron DosSantis (R)Rep. John Mica (R)Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R)Rep. Trey Radel (R)

IllinoisRep. Luis Gutierrez (D)Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D)Rep. Danny K. Davis (D)Rep. Peter Roskam (R)Rep. Bill Foster (D)

Rep. William Enyart (D)

Rep. Janice Schakowsky (D)Rep. Bobby Rush (D)Rep. Mike Quigley (D)Rep. Bradley Schneider (D)Rep. Cheri Bustos (D)Rep. Robin Kelly (D)Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D)

MarylandRep. Andy Harris (R)Rep. John Sabarnes (D)Rep. John K. Delaney (D)Rep. Elijah Cummings (D)

MassachusettsRep. Jim McGovern (D)Rep. Richard Neal (D)

Rep. John F. Tierney (D)

MichiganRep. Bill Huizenga (R)Rep. TimWalberg (R)Rep. John Conyers (D)

MinnesotaRep. Betty McCollum (D)Rep. Michelle Bachman (R)

MississippiRep. Alan Nunnelee (R)

MissouriRep. Wm. Lacy Clay (D)

New Jersey

Rep. Albio Sires (D)Rep. Scott Garrett (R)Rep. Frank Pallone (D)Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D)

New MexicoRep. Ben Ray Lujan (D)

New YorkRep. CharlieRangel (D)Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D)Rep. Jose Serrano (D)Rep. Yvette Clarke (D)Rep. Grace Meng(D)Rep. Joseph Crowley (D)Rep. Brian Higgins(D)Rep. Peter T. King (R)

Rep. Steve Israel (D)Rep. Gregory Meeks (D)Rep. Paul Tonko (D)Rep. Louise Slaughter (D)Rep. Chris Collins (R)Rep. Sean Maloney (D)Rep. Jerrod Nadler (D)Rep. Nita Lowey (D)Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D)Rep. Eliot Engel (D)

North CarolinaRep. Walter B. Jones (R)

Northern Mariana IslandsRep. Gregorio Sablan(D)

New MexicoRep. Steve Pearce (R)Rep. Ben Lujan (D)Rep. Michelle Lujan-Grisham

(D)

OhioRep. Marcy Kaptur (D)

OklahomaRep. Tom Cole (R)

OregonRep. Peter A. DeFazio (D)

PennsylvaniaRep. Bob Brady (D)Rep. Glenn Thompson (R)Rep. Patrick Meehan (R)Rep. Matt Cartwright (D)Rep. Tom Marino (R)

Rep. Charlie Dent (R)

Puerto RicoRep. Pedro Pierluisi (D)

TennesseeRep. Marsha Blackburn (R)

TexasRep. Steve Stockman (R)Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D)Rep. Michael McCaul (R)Rep. Joaquin Castro (D)Rep. Henry Cuellar (D)Rep. Kenny Marchant (R)Rep. Sheila Jackson (D)Rep. John Carter (R-TX)Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D)

Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D)Rep. Pete Gallego (D)Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D)

VirginiaRep. Frank Wolf (R)

Virgin IslandsRep. Donna Christensen (D)

Washington D.C.Rep. Eleanor HolmesNorton(D)

Washington StateRep. Jim McDermott (D)Rep. Rick Larsen (D)

WisconsinRep. Tom Petri (R)

Co-Sponsor HONOR ROLL of H.R.1726 in US House

JOIN the big

push NOW to

get many more

bill Co-Sponsors

by Veterans

Day!

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Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance

The 1st & only Latino4-star US Army

general got his start asa young Borinqueneer

officer in Korea:

Richard E. Cavazos, aMexican-American!

H.R.1726:130

Co-Sponsors

so far;160 more

needed!


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More ways tocontact your US

lawmakers:The National Puerto

Rican Coalition(NPRC), nationalpartner of

Borinqueneers

Congressional Gold

Medal Alliance, has

set up an actioncenter to provide

more ways forsupporters to contact

their Members of

Congress!

You now can visit the

NPRCs

Borinqueneers site on

rallycongress.com to

quickly & easily send

FREE emails to your

US lawmakers re-

questing their Co-Sponsorship of the

Borinqueneers Con-

gressional Gold Medal

Act, bills H.R.1726 &S.1174.

In addition to the

FREE emails, rallycon-

gress.com gives youthe option at your

choice of also having

rallycongress.com

mail letters for you to

your one US House of

Representatives

member & your two

US Senators for the

very reasonable fee of$3 each, a great bar-

gain in this day and

age. That part is up

to you, but check outthis new way to make

your voice be heard:

http:// sup-

port65.rallycongress.c

om/

NPRC hosts Action Center on rallycongress.com!

From some of our National Supporters!Association of the

United States Army

(AUSA):

I urge

Congress

to recog-

nize the

service and

sacrifice of

this uniqueunit which has endured

the hardships of segre-

gation, discrimination,

language and cultural

barriers while serving

this nation.

National Guard Associa-

tion of the United States

(NGAUS):

NGAUSstrongly

supports

H.R.1726

(&

S.1174).

The Con-

gressional Gold Medal

would be the highest

award ever for the 65th

Infantry Regiment. This

distinction would honor

all Hispanic veterans.

Vietnam Veterans of

America (VVA):

On be-

half of the

member-

ship of

Vietnam

Veterans

of

America,I want you to know that

VVA fully supports en-

actment of H.R. 1726 (&

S.1174), which would

award a Congressional

Gold Medal to the 65th

Infantry Regiment of

Puerto Rico, known

officially as the

Borinqueneers.

Military Order of the

Purple Heart (MOPH):

The Mili-

tary Order

of the

Purple

Heart

(MOPH),

whose

membership is com-

prised entirely of com-bat wounded veterans, is

pleased to add our sup-

port for H.R.1726.

League of United Latin

American Citizens

(LULAC):

The Con-

gressional

Gold Medal

will be the

highest

award ever

for the 65thInfantry Regiment and

for ALL Latino Veter-

ans. This distinction will

catapult Hispanic veter-

ans into the national

spotlight and will honor

all Hispanic veterans

past, present and fu-

ture.

American GI Forum(AGIF):

We hope

that the

US Con-

gress will

recognize

the sacri-

fices and

obstacles

the Borinqueneers

valiantly overcame as asegregated unit defend-

ing our Nation.

Team up with

Borinqueneers

Congressional

Gold Medal

Alliance & join

this great cause

NOW!

Page 3In support of H.R.1726 & S.1174!

See the full text of

our endorsement

letters, & much

more, on ourwebsite:

Borinqueneers.org
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Many officers at the time thought it was the kissof death to be assigned to the Puerto Rican

Regiment. Critics called it the seeeextyfeeeeth mockingly imitating the Spanish accent

of most of the regiments Puerto Rican soldiers.

No platoon member living or dead was left

behind.

Arriba muchachos!

One general called it a regiment of coloredtroops, unreliable and inferior to continental

white soldiers.

- from Mambo on Hill 167, a captivating story

of heroism & sacrifice despite prejudice.

Follow this link to read the story & learn more

about the legendary 65th Inf. Reg. Borinque-

neers in ourSpecial Hispanic Heritage Report!

18 Co-Sponsors of US Senate bill S.1174 to date;49 MORE NEEDED to hit the 67 minimum required...

FloridaSen. Marco Rubio (R)Sen. Bill Nelson (D)

GeorgiaSen. Saxby Chambliss (R)

HawaiiSen. Brian Schatz (D)

IllinoisSen. Dick Durbin (D)Sen. Mark Kirk (R)

MassachusettsSen. Elizabeth Warren (D)

New JerseySen. Robert Menendez (D)

New YorkSen. Charles Schumer (D)Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D)

PennsylvaniaSen. Bob Casey (D)Sen. Pat Toomey (R)

West Virginia

Sen. Joe Manchin (D)

Thank You Very

Much to:

AlaskaSen. Mark Begich (D)

ColoradoSen. Michael Bennet (D)

ConnecticutSen. Richard Blumenthal (D)Sen. Chris Murphy (D)

DelawareSen. Christopher Coons (D)

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H.R.1726:

At left, pictured with

Borinqueneerveterans, Rep. Pedro

Pierluisi (D-PR) &

Rep. Bill Posey (R-FL)

introduced H.R.1726in the US House of

Representatives on

April 25, 2013. Itsalready been nearly

six months since the

bill was introduced.

S.1174: Above, Sen. Richard

Blumenthal (D-CT)

announces his introduction

of the US Senate bill S.1174

on June 18, 2013.
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Co-Sponsors

in US

Congress

needed NOW!

Contact YOUR oneUS House of Repsmember & YOUR

two US Senators

AHORA!

Quick & easyinstructions are

below!

Do it NOW! Gracias!

Countdown of

Co-Sponsors of US

Senate Bill S.1174:

18 Total Co-Sponsors

49 Total Remaining67 Minimum Needed

See updated list of

names on ourS.1174

CO-SPONSOR

COUNTDOWNwebsite

page (If yours are NOT

there, ASK them NOW!

If yours are there, thank

them & urge them to

help champion the

bills!).

Countdown of

Co-Sponsors of US

House of Representa-

tives Bill H.R.1726:

130 Total Co-Sponsors160 Total Remaining

290 Minimum Needed

See updated list of

names on ourH.R.1726

CO-SPONSOR

COUNTDOWNwebsite

page (If yours is NOT

there, ASK them NOW!

If yours is there, thank

them & urge them to

help champion the

bills!).

Contact them NOW viaphone calls, letters to theirdistrict offices (not Wash-ington DC), or their email

web forms!

The US Senate bill numberis S.1174. The US House ofRepresentatives bill num-

ber is H.R.1726.

US Senators list: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/

senators_cfm.cfm

US House of Representa-

tives list: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

A sample letter/email isavailable here: http://www.borinqueneers.org/

resources.html

Residents of Puerto Ricoshould contact Rep. PedroPierluisi, to thank him &urge him to keep champi-

oning the bills!

English: http://pierluisi.house.gov/english/contact-us.html

Spanish: http://pierluisi.house.gov/espanol/

contactenos.html

Thank you very much!

CALL TO ACTION

Please contact your (2)U.S. Senators and your (1)US House of Representa-tives member to request

their Co-Sponsorship!

The adoption of theBorinqueneers Congres-

sional Gold Medal bills willrequire theCo-Sponsorship of TWO-THIRDS of EACH chamber

of Congress for passage.

Page 5In support of H.R.1726 & S.1174!

We will NOT allow the

legendaryBorinqueneers to

become a fading

footnote in American

history, and in the

history of Latino-Americans and Puerto

Ricans in the US!
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BORINQUENEERS

CONGRESSIONAL

GOLD MEDALALLIANCE

Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance

We think its time!

T tambin?

The 65th Infantry Regiment Borinqueneers:

Segregated Latino military unit may be recognized by US Congres

Website

Facebook Page

Twitter

YouTube Video

In the News!

US House H.R.1726

Co-Sponsor Countdown

US Senate S.1174

Co-Sponsor Countdown

Email our National Chair

Executive Sponsor:

You Are Strong! Center onVeterans Health and

Human Services

ATTENTION Puerto Ricans, Latinos, Veterans,& Like-Minded Patriots: We want to help agroup of old hero-soldiers make what could be

their last charge. T tambin?

Borinqueneers carry a wounded brother soldto friendly lines during the battle for Outpos

Kelly during the Korean War.
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