State-proud Texans in the garrison of Corregidor celebrated the 106th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto last week with Texas songs and "appropriate" entertainment. The Corregidor Chapter of the Alumni Association of Texas A. & M. (which had more commissioned graduates in World War I than West Point) held a meeting. Lieut. General "Skinny" Wainwright, no Texan but a man who loves a horse, duly notified Senator Tom Connally of these proceedings, and Texan Connally thereup duly notified the U.S. public that the Lone Star State was on the job—a conclusion already becoming obvious to war correspondents who...
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