America\'s Military Adversaries. From Colonial Times to the Present

cover that these were actually more SBDs— with their tailgunners trained on him! Several bursts of machine fire riddled his cock ...

DESALABERRY, CHARLES-MICHAELD’IRUMBERRY de Salaberry, Charles-Michael d’Irumberry (November 19, 1775–February 27, 1829) Canadian ...

Canadiens displayed combat effectiveness equaling the vaunted British soldiers they supported. After the War of 1812 was declare ...

three weeks later, the American offensive stalled and was finally called off. “The 26th has been a glorious day for me and those ...

vania Oil Company in Tampico, Mexico. It was there he was first ex- posed to communist ide- ology, although there is no proof he ...

locate and flush out Sandino from his moun- tain stronghold on El Chipote. Moreover, his activities garnered him international a ...

de Santa Anna, Antonio López (February 21, 1794–June 21, 1876) Mexican General DESANTAANNA, ANTONIOLÓPEZ F or nearly fifty years ...

also rose in revolt. Not surprisingly, Santa Anna regarded this rebellion as a direct chal- lenge to his authority—and Mexican s ...

Over the course of February 22–24, 1847, the Mexican forces charged heroically but were beaten back and finally routed by the ar ...

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991; Roberts, Randy, and James N. Olson. Line in the Sand: The Alamo in Blood and Memory. ...

cut Valley and provide a yearly tribute. The harsh terms occasioned some grumbling in the tribal councils, but at length Sassacu ...

soliciting their aid in a war against the Euro- peans. They responded by killing him outright and sending his scalp to the autho ...

buckskin shirt, red war paint, and a buffalo-hide shield. Satanta acquired this last item from Black Horse, a famed warrior who ...

accustomed fashion. In the spring of 1871 Sa- tanta organized and led a large raiding party that struck white settlements in Jac ...

SECORD, LAURAINGERSOLL Secord, Laura Ingersoll (September 13, 1775–October 17, 1868) Canadian Heroine I n 1813, Laura Secord mad ...

had to be extremely vigilant against capture, for if the true nature of her travel was dis- cerned, the penalty would be a firin ...

in many respects a typical pioneer woman of the generation that built Canada, fearless and inured to hardship. Bibliography Boyk ...

eyed, and physically unattractive, he was con- tent to concentrate upon his passion— horses—and gained renown as a world-class e ...

rugged terrain. And for a man with Senger’s classical background, it proved an area of in- tense personal interest. Monte Cassin ...

passed them during their advance. For the next six months Clark and his successor, Lu- cian K. Truscott, battered against formid ...