By ELIZABETH ROMÁN | masslive.com | Published: April 13, 2021 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Tribune News Service) Harrowing memories of friends dying, hungry Korean children begging for food and brutal physical combat still haunt Victor M. Rosario 70 years after his service in the Korean War. “I remember a tall man coming to me and saying stop feeding the enemy, we can’t help the enemy, but it was a child and he kept saying he was hungry,” recalled the now 97-year-old Rosario. While he has moments in which he fades off and repeats the same phrases over and over, Rosario still vividly remembers his wartime service as a member of the Army’s renowned 65th Infantry Regiment knowns as “Los Borinqueneers.”
By ELIZABETH ROMÁN | masslive.com | Published: April 13, 2021 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (Tribune News Service) Harrowing memories of friends dying, hungry Korean children begging for food and brutal physical combat still haunt Victor M. Rosario 70 years after his service in the Korean War. “I remember a tall man coming to me and saying stop feeding the enemy, we can’t help the enemy, but it was a child and he kept saying he was hungry,” recalled the now 97-year-old Rosario. While he has moments in which he fades off and repeats the same phrases over and over, Rosario still vividly remembers his wartime service as a member of the Army’s renowned 65th Infantry Regiment knowns as “Los Borinqueneers.”
Legislation passed earlier this year designated April 13 as National Borinqueneers Day. The Puerto Rican men who served in the U.S. military during the wars were nicknamed “Los Borinqueneers.”
Everett
K. Joseph âJoeâ Triplett, 89, of Upper Snake Spring Road, Everett, passed away on Monday, March 15, 2021, at Homewood at Martinsburg.
He was born on Feb. 24, 1932, in Bedford, a son of the late Harper B. and Orpha L. (Wareham) Triplett. On June 28, 1953, he was united in marriage to Janet A. (Grimes) Triplett.
He was preceded in death by his twin brother, Kenneth A. Triplett, in 1932.
Joe is survived by his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Richard, Robert, James, Greg, who was looked at as a brother, Betty, Charlotte, Nancy, Beverly and Janie.
He was a member of the Everett Church of the Brethren and attended the Snake Spring Valley Church of the Brethren.