Originally Posted by JoeBob
The Philippine campaign was probably America's worst hour.


Probably so. I suspect you refer to the one against the Phillipinos/Moros. And not the first campaign against the Spanish.


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Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester

"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."

WS