Blood on the Border: The United States Army and the Mexican IrregularsMacmillan, 1969 - 390 pages |
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... Captain Morey assembled his noncommissioned offi- cers and told them in substance that the destination was Villa Ahumada to ascertain if Carranzista troops were assembling there . " Our orders were that the troops would move into the ...
... Captain Morey assembled his noncommissioned offi- cers and told them in substance that the destination was Villa Ahumada to ascertain if Carranzista troops were assembling there . " Our orders were that the troops would move into the ...
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... Captain T. F. Todd as pilot , and Captain Benjamin D. Foulois , the squadron commander , as observer.1 Since supplies of all sorts were pouring into Columbus on every incoming train , and the base quartermaster had no trans- portation ...
... Captain T. F. Todd as pilot , and Captain Benjamin D. Foulois , the squadron commander , as observer.1 Since supplies of all sorts were pouring into Columbus on every incoming train , and the base quartermaster had no trans- portation ...
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... Captain Todd , with Captain Foulois as observer , was ordered on a reconnaissance mission south of Casas Grandes but was unable to go over twenty - five miles . Whirlwinds and heavy air currents made it impossible for him to climb to ...
... Captain Todd , with Captain Foulois as observer , was ordered on a reconnaissance mission south of Casas Grandes but was unable to go over twenty - five miles . Whirlwinds and heavy air currents made it impossible for him to climb to ...
Contents
The Background and Beginningthe 1850s | 1 |
Mexico | 3 |
Robin Hood on the Rio Grande | 16 |
Copyright | |
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