Punitive Expedition
Alvan Gillem’s Invasion of Germany
By Chris J. HartleyThe United States had not yet entered World War II when Time magazine noted that the Army had created two new armored divisions. Read more
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The 5th U.S. Cavalry: “A Hard Duty” at Gaines Mill
The celebrated 2nd U.S. Cavalry, like its brother regiment the 1st U.S. Cavalry, was formally created by an act of Congress in March 1855. Read more
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The Japanese Army’s “Rape of Nanking”
By Walter Zapotoczny Jr.On August 15, 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army bombed Nanking, the capital of China. These raids were unrelenting until December 13, when Japanese troops entered the conquered city. Read more
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The National Museum of the Marine Corps
By Al HemingwayTwenty miles outside Washington, D.C., at Quantico, Virginia, motorists traveling on Interstate 95 will come upon an unusual building that is clearly visible, day or night. Read more
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Blood on the Border: Patton and Pershing’s Punitive Expedition
By Eric NiderostLieutenant John P. Lucas of the 13th U.S. Cavalry was sound asleep in a small adobe shack in Columbus, New Mexico, on the night of March 9, 1916, when he was abruptly awakened by the unmistakable sounds of men and horses passing outside his window. Read more
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Andrew Rowan’s Message To Calixto Garcia
by Thomas P. McKennaOne of the most interesting characters arising out of the Spanish-American War was Lt. Andrew Summers Rowan, who was selected by President William McKinley to carry a secret message to the Cuban general Calixto Garcia. Read more
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Curtiss Flying Jennies Pursue Pancho Villa Across Northern Mexico
by M. L. WebsterAt four-thirty on the morning of March 19, 1916, the sound of gunfire echoed through the streets of Columbus, New Mexico, a border settlement of adobe houses, a bank, a post office and a few stores surrounded by cactus, mesquite and rattlesnakes. Read more
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The Death of Pancho Villa
by Michael HaskewIn the July 5, 1922, edition of the New York Tribune, the poem “Unconvinced” by James J. Montague was published. Read more
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Pancho Villa & General John J. Pershing’s Punitive Expedition
by Michael HaskewFive days after the March 9, 1916, raid on Columbus, New Mexico, in which at least 17 Americans were killed, President Woodrow Wilson instructed General John J. Read more
