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...BATTLE OF SAN JUAN HEIGHTS The Spanish defenses on the low hills were the key to controlling Santiago de Cuba. Once the Spanish lost the high ground, they could not defend the city. They surrendered on July 17 Santiago de Cuba The Spanish kept thousands of soldiers in reserve near the city, but they never joined the battle Spanish positions The Spanish were outnumbered more than 10 to 1, but they held the high ground and inflicted heavy damage during the disorganized American approach San Juan Hill U.S. troops were pinned down at first, but withering fire from their three...
...American flag symbolizes freedom. The Constitution we soldiers are pledged to defend guarantees freedom of expression even when freedom of expression includes the right to deface the flag, however obnoxious that act may be. Of course, I'm old enough to remember flag burning when flag burning was "cool." I was in Hawaii, on R. and R., halfway through my tour in Vietnam. My wife and I were watching television when student war protesters in California--none of whom had the slightest chance of facing violent death in combat--illuminated their campus by torching Old Glory. I was appalled...
...more expansive, and softer spoken. "Look, people didn't agree with my decision on Iraq, and I understand that," he said. "For Europe, September the 11th was a moment; for us, it was a change of thinking. I vowed to the American people I would do everything to defend our people, and will...
...Whenever I see the weapon I invented to defend my motherland in the hands of these bin Ladens, I ask myself the same question: How did it get into their hands?" MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV, Russian inventor of the AK-47, on the rifle's transformation into the weapon of choice for terrorists worldwide...
...yard soccer field. "Claudio was fantastic, he had a great game," said Arena of his captain, Claudio Reyna, who marshaled the U.S. team with a combination of smarts and aggression, picking apart Italy's midfield with his passing. Despite the manpower shortage, the U.S. still managed to defend and attack in numbers. Arena inserted DaMarcus Beasley in the 62d minute, and the move almost paid off instantly: Beasley broke in from the left and put one past Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon, but Mr. Larrionda disallowed the strike because McBride had been standing in an offside position. The American fans rained...