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On March 9, 1916, spurred by events in the Mexican Revolution, General Francisco "Pancho" Villa's forces attacked the camp of the 13th Cavalry Regiment. In reaction to this attack, President Woodrow ...
In 1917, Gen. John Pershing had a problem. And it wasn't the guy he had been ordered to hunt down. Tasked with capturing Francisco "Pancho" Villa, Pershing had crossed into Mexico to end the ...
Mexico City. For the next three centuries, Mexico lived under Spain’s rule, which could be harsh, benign, or indifferent, depending upon the financial needs of the mother country and the temperament ...
Refreshments were served to the visitors at General Pershing’s home, and toasts to the United States and to Mexico, to the chief magistrates of the two countries, to the visiting military ...
President Donald Trump's threat to send U.S. troops to hunt Mexico's "bad hombres" evokes the memory of a failed military operation a century ago, when General John "Black Jack" Pershing crossed ...
Trump has again recirculated a debunked history about terrorism. But what the general was really doing in the Philippines can tell us something more important about America.
In hot pursuit of General Francisco 'Pancho' Villa, more than 50,000 American troops... 100 years ago this week, 50,000 U.S. troops marched into Mexico for the ‘Pancho Villa Expedition’ ...
This film from the U.S. Army's [Big Picture] series details the life of Gen. John "Black Jack" Pershing from his birth in 1860 to his death in 1948. Much of the film describes General Pershing's ...