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Article: PANCHO VILLA'S NOW SERVING TASTE OF MEXICO IN THE SELDEN ARCADE.(NORFOLK COMPASS)(Review)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 4, 1996
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Byline: SAM MARTINETTE
Just a little more than 80 years ago, the Mexican guerrilla leader Francisco ``Pancho'' Villa and elements of his revolutionary army crossed the border from Mexico and raided the town of Columbus, N.M., killing a handful of civilians and U.S. soldiers who were stationed there.
The raid led to the mobilization of Army and National Guard units for a ``pursuit'' of Villa led by ``Black Jack'' Pershing, the general who would command U.S. forces in Europe during World War I. The so-called Punitive Expedition into Mexico included the first large-scale use of airplanes and trucks by the U.S. Army and was considered later to be a ...