Camp Las Casas was a United States military installation established in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1904. The camp was the main training base of the "Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry," a segregated U.S. Army Regiment which was later renamed the "65th Infantry Regiment." The base continued in operation until 1946, when it was closed.
Officer Staff of the Porto Rico Regiment of Infantry (c.1906) at Camp Las Casas
First Company of native Puerto Ricans enlisted in the American Colonial Army, 1899
"Porto Rico Regiment" training in Camp Las Casas (c. 1904)
Rigau Carrera poses in his plane (1919)
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Santurce is a barrio of San Juan. Its population in 2020 was 69,469. It is also the biggest and most populated of all the barrios in the capital city with a bigger population than most municipalities of Puerto Rico and one of the most densely populated areas of the island .
Aerial view of Santurce in 2008
A couple walks on a street in Santurce
During its early years, the Ambassador Theatre was the place where kids went to see "Abbott and Costello" movies.
La Concha Resort