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}} 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, New York, focused mostly on the military history of Puerto Rico and its service members. For his work, 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".〔(''Senate Resolution #3603.'' ) Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico). 15th Legislative Assembly. 4th Extraordinary Session. Senate of Puerto Rico. San Juan, Puerto Rico 20 November 2007. Introduced by Senators Arce Ferrer and McClintock Hernández. Retrieved 22 December 2013.〕 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 Wikipedia has been mentioned in a parliamentary or congressional resolution of this type. She also stated that it's probably the first time that contributions to Wikipedia have been cited in a formal governmental award, too.〔([WikiEN-l] User honored by the Senate of Puerto Rico )〕 ==Early years== Santiago was born in New York City, New York to Joaquín Santiago and Hilda Rodríguez-Mattei, both of Puerto Rican origin.〔"The Arizona Republic"; "A medal, a debt, both of honor"; by "azrepublic_Faherty_20070527.〕 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.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tony Santiago」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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