Quote Originally Posted by CHICAGORANDY View Post
We've all heard that we need to Remember the Alamo - heard it since I was a tot. But to save my life of now 70 years were it not for Google I could not have told you the siege took place 2/23 - 3/6/1836. It also kinda shocks me sometimes that I served in Vietnam 47!years ago. Crikey - where did those years go?
Only if you were a Texian. The US was not involved in the Alamo. It was a battle between the Mexicans and the Republic of Texas. Remember the Alamo actually, has less to do with the Alamo itself (which was a catastrophic loss for the Texians) but as a rallying cry by Sam Houston prior to the battle of San Jancinto (and alas shouted by Texians committing atrocities committed after the battle).