Remembering the Borinqueneers: New Haven children's author pens book about Puerto Rican soldiers
By: News 12 Staff Sep 25, 2023, 9:40pm Updated on: Sep 26, 2023
A New Haven author has written a book about a group of Puerto Rican volunteer soldiers of the 65th Infantry Regiment.
Talia Aikens-Nuñez is a children's author pushing for diversified and multi-cultural books for the younger generation.
Her latest book is on the Borinqueneers, who served in World War I, World War II and fought in the Korean War. When she couldn't find a children's book about them, she wrote one.
"A lot of people are thankful and happy that I was able to put something like this together because it is something that took place decades ago, but it's a slice of history that everybody should know," said Aikens-Nuñez.