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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LVD_the-pershing-chinese_San-Antonio-TX.html
In March, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson ordered General John J. Pershing to lead an expedition into Mexico to punish Pancho Villa, the Mexican revolutionary whose troops crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LVC_tether-wall_San-Antonio-TX.html
This brick wall, built circa 1890, replaced the original wood fence which enclosed the corrals, stables and wagon parks for the quartermaster depot in The Quandrangle. The two nearby buildings served as blacksmith and wheelright shops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FJQ_sam-houston-house_San-Antonio-TX.html
Erected in 1886 as the post's first permanent hospital this building provided seventy beds for the sick and wounded. Removing the casualties from the unhealthy riverside location of the temporary hospital in the city, which was a proven spawning g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9N_m-59-armored-personnel-carrier_San-Antonio-TX.html
Introduced in 1953 to provide armor protected mobility to infantry squad operating with tanks. Variants included cargo carrier, ambulance, mortar carrier and reconnaissance vehicle.
Weight · 42,000 lbCrew · 12Made by · Ford…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9I_m-48-medium-tank-90mm-patton_San-Antonio-TX.html
Introduced in 1953 as part of a "family" of tank designs. The elliptical hull and turret provided greater armor protection while the M-41 90mm gun increased offensive power. Variants of the M-48 series saw service in Europe, the Middle East and Vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML9G_ft-sam-houston-quadrangle-and-staff-post_San-Antonio-TX.html
The Quadrangle, a scaled-down version of Jeffersonville Depot in Indiana, was begun in 1876 and originally served as a Quartermaster Depot and Headquarters for the Department of Texas. Designed as a fortress-like building with both one and two sto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML6P_m-56-howitzer-105mm-towed-yugoslavia_San-Antonio-TX.html
Based on the German M18/40 Light Field Howitzer used in World War II. This gun was probably sold to Iran, then captured by Iraq in the Iran-Iraq War. It was damaged in a firefight with US forces in February 1991 north of Kuwait City and abandoned.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML4R_m-1905-field-gun_San-Antonio-TX.html
Adoption of the 3" field gun in 1902 gave the US Army its first rapid fire, breechloading gun with a hydrospring recoil system capable of indirect fire. The complete gun section included the gun and a caisson with 70 rounds of fixed ammunition.
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