The war to free Cuba actually began half a world away in the Battle of this bay on May 1, 1898
[DOC] [TLE] Spanish American War History 1898 - History of American Wars [PAR] Spanish American war history: The U.S.asserted its dual personality in an act of 
... to quench its infrequent, imperialistic ambitions, and free the Cubans from an 
.... in the Pacific (May 1), the focus of America was Cuba and we start our review 
of ... that identified him about 20 years later in World War I on French battle fields.