After talking about some of these guys in a previous post, I did a "Google distance" search, and here's a little gem I stumbled upon. Aha! It all becomes clear now. Pepe will love the explanation, it's right up his alley.
Friday, March 02, 2007
JJ Pershing, Blood & Guts, Pancho Villa, and Binnie: A Grand Unified Theory
After talking about some of these guys in a previous post, I did a "Google distance" search, and here's a little gem I stumbled upon. Aha! It all becomes clear now. Pepe will love the explanation, it's right up his alley.
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One heck of a GUT, AA. Looks like another live one out there.
What the article doesn't mention (among many things) is how Patton and a couple soldiers from the American Expeditionary Force took down three of the high-ranking banditos in one of the last Old West style shoot outs in San Miguelito.
Sounds like a good story, MFT. Got a link?
This is about the best link I can find, AI.
I think I first read about a more embellished version some years ago, the old fashioned way (in a book).
The article I linked to mentions that this story isn't mentioned in history books or read about in school (I can't stand that sort of complaining -- read about it by yourself in a goddamned book, people!!!).
Enough said. I've probably had too much coffee already today.
A Villa-ista named Holmdahl??? Stereotypes break in all directions.
Glad to see that, nearly a 100 years later, our southern border is equally as protected as it was before Pancho got pugnacious
Despite prior knowledge that Villa and his men were pillaging, raping, and murdering their way toward the border, the cavalry was caught completely by surprise. One reason for the cavalry’s sluggishness was because some of the troops had been drinking, but perhaps more importantly, all of the troops’ rifles were chained and locked in gun racks.
Caught with our pants down? Where did I hear that before?
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