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Evans, Marv Evans, Marv is online now
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Can't imagine that being a real poster. I thought Gen. Pershing & Pancho Villa had a gentleman's agreement before WWI that Villa would let Pershing chase him around Mexico. The reason was so Pershing could practice maneuvers to get the Army whipped into some kind of shape before going off to war. I heard another version of the "Gringo" origin - true or not. It was that during that time, American soldiers wore green long coats. The Mexicans referred to them as "green coats," which later turned into gringos.
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