British Bombers at Biggs
August 20, 2026
During the Mexican War, several hundred American soldiers deserted to Mexico and formed the San Patricio Brigade, a unit composed largely of recent immigrants and many Catholics who were influenced by Mexican promises of land, rank, and citizenship as well as by resentment of harsh U.S. Army…
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