Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ịkụtu ụgbọ mmiri nke ụgbọ mmiri na Havana, Cuba mere ọzọ ka United States banye n'agha, nke ugbu a megide Spain n'April 21, 1898. Ndị agha nke 17 nke ndị agha na-aga agha hụrụ onwe ha ọzọ n'ọgụ. Ulo ise ahụ e wusiri ike dị n'akara ndị agha ahụ na-anọchi anya ọrụ ndị agha ahụ na V Corps na Cuba. Ruo ọnwa atọ, ndị agha America lụrụ ọgụ n'ọhịa, ndị agha nke 17th Infantry gosipụtara onwe ha. Na July 1, 1898, n'ụlọ
El Caney, Cuba: PVT George Berg, PVT Oscar Brookin, CPL Ulysses Buzzard, PVT Thomas J. Graves, 1LT Benjamin Hardaway, CPL Norman Ressler, 2LT Charles DuVal Roberts, CPL Warren Shepherd na PVT Bruno Wende nwetara onyinye ndị agha kachasị elu nke mba a maka obi ike, Medal nke Honor, ndị agha ndị a niile bụ ndị otu mpako nke 17th Infantry Regiment.