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...Colonel Rondon when he was hunting alone and killed his dog. Rondon, who had spent nearly half his life exploring the Amazon and making contact with its most isolated tribes, responded to the attack by leaving the Indians gifts, signs of friendship and respect. As commander of his own regiment, he had ordered his troops when dealing with indigenous tribes, "Die if you must, but never kill." His kindness toward the Cinta Larga had probably averted a massacre...
...battleship Maine exploded under mysterious circumstances in Havana harbor, killing 266 sailors. Congress declared war against Spain in April and called for volunteers. Among the first was Roosevelt, who said a man "should pay with his body" for his beliefs.He helped raise a cavalry regiment largely from the Southwest and became its lieutenant colonel. The press dubbed them the Rough Riders. Roosevelt got his fight and stormed into politics upon his return. [This article contains complex diagrams and maps. Please see hardcopy or pdf.] THE CUBAN CAMPAIGN Spain's only Atlantic fleet was bottled up in the harbor of Santiago...
...less than a month after the start of the Spanish-American War, Roosevelt resigns from the Navy Department to become lieutenant colonel of the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment--the "Rough Riders"--and fight in Cuba. Soon promoted to colonel, he leads two charges in the Battle of San Juan Heights, which he calls his "crowded hour." Roosevelt is later nominated for, but denied, the Congressional Medal of Honor. He finally receives...
PART OF. . . REGIMENT Four battalions make up the 1st Marine Regiment, which is commanded by a colonel...
...leader who has morphed from militiaman to Minuteman is Mike Vanderboegh, 53, of Pinson, Ala. Once the "commander" of what he called the First Alabama Cavalry Regiment Constitutional Militia, which published antiterrorism screeds, Vanderboegh is the past Alabama state director of the Minutemen. He has advocated hurling bricks through the windows of Congress members who support giving illegal immigrants the same rights as U.S. citizens. Those bricks, he says, should be used to build a wall sealing the U.S. off from Mexico. He argues that the open borders facilitate drug trafficking and the sexual exploitation of immigrant women...