The William Stroock Cinco de Mayo Spectacular

We've noted in this space before that we'd like to write a novel about Pershing's chase of Poncho Villa, beginning with the battle of Columbus.

Of course, when the Great War began most of the US Army and National Guard was on the border and fighting a counter-insurgency culminating with the Battle of Columbus. Here the 13th Cavalry shot the shit out Poncho Villa's raiders, killing hundreds in Columbus and then chasing them into Mexico.

This era is well captured in movies like Sam Pekinpaugh's The Wild Bunch, wow that's a lot of dead Mexicans. Then there's The Professionals, Ralph Bellamy sends Lee Marvin (fuck yeah), Burt Lancaster and company into Mexico to rescue his wife played by Claudia Cardenale (hoo boy),   kidnapped by Jack Pallance topping off at 10 on the Jack Pallance scale of being Jake Pallance. More dead Mexicans, this time with extra explosions.

Vive Mexico....or Italy anyway.

Of course we invaded Mexico in 1846 and of course kicked the shit out of them. Halls of Montezuma, anyone? Up north General Zachary Taylor thumped them like a bunch of maricones at Monterey and Palo Alto. Then General Winfield Scott landed at Vera Cruz, marched inland and took Mexico city.