Replies

In May, 1916, First Lieutenant George Patton saw combat for the first time. Based on information about the location of Julio Cardenas, one of Villa’s most trusted subordinates and commander of his personal bodyguard; Patton, accompanied by ten soldiers from the 6th Infantry Regiment, and two civilian guides traveling in three Dodge open top touring automobiles, conducted a surprise raid on a ranch house at San Miguelito (Map 2) near Rubio. During the ensuing fire-fight, Patton and his men killed three men. One was identified as Cardenas. The other two dead Mexicans were an unnamed Villista captain and a private. Patton’s men tied the bodies to the hoods of the cars, while Patton put Cardenas’ silver-studded saddle and sword into his vehicle. The spectacle of the three cars with the bodies tied on the hoods caused a great commotion along the road, but Patton and his party sped through the countryside to their headquarters at Dublan without incident.

At around 4 p.m., Patton arrived at Dublan with the three bloody corpses strapped across the blistering-hot hoods of the automobiles. War correspondents crowded around to get a first hand account of his adventure. The stories they filed made Patton a national hero for several weeks. His photograph appeared in newspapers around the United States. Pershing was pleased that someone had enlivened the hunt for Villa and actually taken out a key member of his band. He even permitted Patton to keep Cardenas’ sword and silver saddle as trophies of his first fight.12

Of course...the one trophy that is the most sought after is Pancho Villa’s skull. It is the stuff of myths and legends stemming from the “Skull and Bones” society at Yale University.

Others spread rumors that the “Skull and Bones” also have Che Guevara’s skull too.

I’d love to have both of these. They would look great on the ends of my shovel and garage broom. Or...I could use them as hood ornaments on my Hummer. They would also make great Halloween props. The skulls of executed or assassinated commie revolutionaries might scare some sense into a few red diaper doper babies on October 31.

Here...read up about the “Skull and Bones” legend at:

http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2801

Oh yeah...the nutcase Ernesto Cienfuegos from La Voz de Aztlan who is quoted in this Yale article has a racist separatist website at:

http://www.aztlan.net/

Cienfuegos and a few other racist “La Raza” types like UC Riverside’s Armando Navarro seem to be the nucleus of this nut-case radical contingent.