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Tony Santiago (Antonio Santiago Rodríguez) was born on 9 March, 1950 in New York City, New York, is a United States Marine veteran, writer, and military historian. Discover Tony Santiago's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 9 March, 1950
Birthday 9 March
Birthplace New York City, New York
Nationality United States

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1923

Santiago was recognized by the 23rd Senate of Puerto Rico for being "one of the main contributors of content related to Puerto Rico in the open online encyclopedia known as Wikipedia".

The Senate also recognized him as one of the main writers on subjects which relate to Puerto Rico, and an important historian of the Puerto Rican military experience.

According to Phoebe Ayers, member of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, this may be the first time that the English Wikipedia has been mentioned in a parliamentary or congressional resolution or a formal governmental award.

Santiago was born in New York City, to Joaquín Santiago and Hilda Rodríguez-Mattei, both of Puerto Rican origin.

Santiago graduated from high school in New York City and after being accepted to Columbia University, Santiago chose to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps instead.

1950

Antonio Santiago Rodríguez (born March 9, 1950) — better known as Tony the Marine or as Tony Santiago — is a United States Marine veteran, writer, and military historian from New York City, focused mostly on the military history of Puerto Rico and its service members.

1965

He is also a member of the national steering committee of "Borinqueneers Congressional Gold Medal Alliance," which sought the Congressional Gold Medal for Puerto Rico's 65th Infantry Regiment, and serves in the "Latino Alliance Advisory Board."

In page 263 of the acknowledgments section of the book War Against All Puerto Ricans, Revolution and Terror in America's Colony author and former representative to the New York State Assembly Nelson Antonio Denis wrote the following: "'Tony (the Marine) Santiago, creator of over six hundred Wikipedia articles on Puerto Rican history and biographies, was a key inspiration and advisor'"

1971

In Puerto Rico, he met Milagros and married her in 1971 and had three children together.

1975

Upon finishing his tour with the U.S. Marine Corps in 1975, Santiago enrolled at the Interamerican University in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.

1979

He graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Business Administration in 1979.

1981

Santiago served with the 2nd Battalion 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division in the Vietnam War in the 81 MM Mortar, and later in the Military Police as well.

While in the Marines, Santiago perceived significant ethnic, racial, and national origin discrimination.

In response to this, he formed an organization composed of American soldiers of Latino descent.

The organization, named Latin Power in Unity, included soldiers of Puerto Rican, Mexican, Central American and other Latino backgrounds.

Santiago also developed a close friendship with Leroy Reese who had formed a similar organization named "Black Power" for Black soldiers.

Both men worked closely for the equal treatment of minorities and to improve relations between their members and the members of other ethnic groups in their company.

An interview about Santiago's experience in the military, collectively made by author Greg Boudonek and Santiago himself, was published in the book Puertorriquenos Who Served With Guts, Glory, and Honor: Fighting to Defend a Nation Not Completely Their Own.

1990

In 1990, Santiago moved to Phoenix, Arizona, with his wife and children.

At this point he reflected, "the only role models and heroes for Latino children were El Zorro, the Cisco Kid and Speedy Gonzales and," he said, "school textbooks failed to mention the many contributions that Latinos had made to the formation of our country [the United States]."

In response, Santiago began publishing a series of short articles about the contributions that Puerto Ricans had made to the American society.

He is the editor of the Puerto Rican Military History Channel of the monthly internet magazine El Boricua, a staff writer in the internet magazine Somos Primos and the official historian of the Association of Naval Services Officers (ANSO).

His early published work focused on military history, but later he expanded his research and documentation to include many other facets of the Puerto Rican life experience.

2010

In April 2010, Santiago discovered and wrote about Lt. Augusto Rodriguez a Puerto Rican who served in the American Civil War.

It was the first time that a link in the American Civil War was made between Puerto Rico and the United States.

Rodriguez was thus the first known Puerto Rican veteran of the United States Armed Forces.

The significance of this discovery is that, until then, it was believed that Puerto Ricans had not served in the United States military prior to World War I. Puerto Rico's Secretary of State, Kenneth D. McClintock, named Santiago "Puerto Rico's foremost military historian."

Santiago is among the people who were interviewed and who are featured in the documentary On Two Fronts: Latinos & Vietnam; directed and produced by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Mylene Moreno.

2015

The documentary, which aired on PBS on September 22, 2015, examines the Latino experience during the Vietnam War.

He was interviewed, together with fellow veteran Oscar Urrea, by PBS Horizante host Jose Cardenas and Univision newscaster Jorge Valenzuela, where he expressed his personal experiences, prior to the showing of the documentary.

In addition to his military history research and writing, Santiago is also a free lance photojournalist for The Arizona Republic.