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Photograph of General Pancho Villa and U.S. soldiers standing beside wooden caskets - March 9, 1916

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GEN. PANCHO VILLA U.S. Funeral GEN. PANCHO VILLA RAID ON COLUMBUS, NEW MEXICO, MARCH 9TH, AT 4 A.M., 1916. ALSO U.S. SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE RAID. THE BODIES ARE READY FOR SHIPMENT HOME. VILLA KILLED MEN AND WOMEN AND BURNED THE TOWN. U.S. SOLDIERS ROUTED HIM, KILLING 200 OF HIS BANDITS, BURNING THEIR BODIES. NO. 115 CAL OSBON PHOTOGRAPHER. DOUGLAS. ARIZONA

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Title Photograph of General Pancho Villa and U.S. soldiers standing beside wooden caskets - March 9, 1916
Creator Osbon, Cal
Source Osbon, Cal. Photograph of General Pancho Villa and U.S. soldiers standing beside wooden caskets. 9 March 1916. Clarence James Minick Collection, 1914-1943. 1980.58. The National World War I Museum, Kansas City, Missouri.
Description This black and white postcard photograph is divided into two images; the top is a portrait of General Pancho Villa and the bottom depicts U.S. soldiers standing by the wooden caskets. Inscription on reverse reads "This shows Pancho Villa, who is the cuase of we boys being kept so close to the Mexican Boundary".
Subject LCSH United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 361st; United States. Army. Division, 91st; Villa, Pancho, 1878-1923
Subject Local WWI; World War I
Site Accession Number 1980.58
Contributing Institution National World War I Museum and Memorial
Copy Request Transmission or reproduction of items on these pages beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the National World War I Museum and Memorial: (816) 888-8100.
Rights The text and images contained in this collection are intended for research and educational use only. Duplication of any of these images for commercial use without express written consent is expressly prohibited.
Date Original March 9, 1916
Language English