page_title: Antulio Segarra
hierarchical_section_title: Antulio Segarra
caption_attribution_description: English: Col. Antulio Segarra, from the 65th Infantry Regiment of the United States. Source: Villahermosa, Gilberto N. Honor and Fidelity: The 65th Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953, p.&#160;247 ISBN: 1449565441. “Photo: Courtesy of the 65th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army”
context_page_description: Colonel Antulio Segarra, was a United States Army officer who in 1943 became the first Puerto Rican in history to command a Regular Army Regiment. Segarra served as Military Aide to the Military Governor of Puerto Rico Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and during World War II commanded the 65th Infantry Regiment.
context_section_description: Colonel Antulio Segarra (January 20, 1906 – September 14, 1999), was a United States Army officer who in 1943 became the first Puerto Rican in history to command a Regular Army Regiment. Segarra served as Military Aide to the Military Governor of Puerto Rico Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. and during World War II commanded the 65th Infantry Regiment.
caption: Colonel Antulio Segarra
  First Puerto Rican to command a Regular Army Regiment
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