This Week in American Military History:  Apr. 17, 1847:  U.S. Army forces under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott outmaneuver, drive from a superior position, inflict heavy losses, and decisively defeat a numerically superior Mexican Army under Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna at Cerro Gordo. Apr. 17, 1961:  More than 1,500 CIA-trained and financed … Continue reading From the Battle of San Jacinto to the Bay of Pigs