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    Battles are sometimes won by generals; wars are nearly always won by sergeants and privates.

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    Mambises

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    The plural for mamb?, Cuban guerrilla fighter during the Ten Years' War (1868-1878) and the Independence War of 1895. They were widely viewed as heroes by the Cuban people for their willingness to sacrifice comfort to attain the independence of their country. They were noteworthy also for urging slaves to join the struggle. It was the mambises and their tactics that drove General Valeriano Weyler to adopt his inhumane and unpopular Reconcentraci?n policy.

    No one knows precisely the origin of the word "mamb?." One explanation is that it comes from the maja, a Cuban snake, but there are many other theories as well.

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    1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman.

    1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes.

    1952: Armistice negotiations are resumed.

    1971: The U.S. command in Saigon announces that the U.S. force level in Vietnam is 281,400 men, the lowest since July 1966.

    1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000.


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