Petition your Senators to pass S-1174 recognizing Puerto Rican US soldiers known as Borinqueneers. The last racially-segregated Hispanic US Army unit was denied medals because of race and territory, despite Puerto Ricans hav I ng been US citizens since 1917. Tell your Senators and representative to pass the House and Senate bills to recognize these US heroes. Library of Congress bill info: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:s.1174:
Why is this important?
I am a US Veteran and I believe our nation's heroes deserve to be honored in equal fashion regardless of State or Territory or race.
