Puerto Ricans have served as members of the United States Armed Forces and have fought in every major conflict in which the United States has been involved from World War I onward. Many Puerto Ricans,
Navy Cross
The inscription of the name of Angel Mendez in "El Monumento de la Recordación"
El Monumento de la Recordación
Frederic Louis Riefkohl
Puerto Rico National Guard
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The Puerto Rico National Guard is the national guard of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state
Puerto Rican recipients of the Navy Cross
…posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. On May 28, 2007 — Memorial Day — Senator Kenneth McClintock, President of the Senate of Puerto Rico, along with Puerto Rico National Guard Adjutant General Colonel David Carrión, unveiled the names of Puerto Rican military heroes most recently added to "El Monumento de la…
Guardsmen at the 58th presidential inauguration
Cadet Luis R. Esteves, 1915
Engineers of the 65th Infantry Regiment in Korea
Puerto Rico National Guardsmen in 2012