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70, thanks for bringing that up. Those were the days when soldiering was a profession that could take you 'round the world.

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Thanks 70. I didn't know that. I did look it up a bit and found that Keogh and martin/Martino, who were on opposite sides, were probably on the same field at the fight at Castelfidardo, and perhaps...

Almost forgot: Martin/Martino served with Garibaldi, first joining up when Garibaldi's "Thousand" marched from Palermo. Garibaldi's force passed through Salerno Province where Martino was...

Giovanni Martino (John Martin) was still with the 7th Cavalry in 1877 (which had been reconstituted after the disaster at Greasy Grass) and saw some action in the final phases of the Nez Perce War. ...

That's pretty interesting and a good write-up. The N*tive guy who had the gun did a smart thing, taking off that noisy saddle ring. Martin also served in the Nez Perce War and was lucky to survive....