THE BORINQUENEERS: America’s Forgotten Puerto Rican Heroes They were the only all-Hispanic unit in U.S. Army history. The 65th Infantry Regiment. They fought in WWI. WWII. Korea. They earned over 2,700 Purple Hearts. They held the line when others fell back. And when they came home? Racism. Disrespect. Court-martials for standing up against commanders who treated them like less than soldiers. It took 60 years for Congress to give them the Congressional Gold Medal. Most of them were already gone.