Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ịkụba ụgbọ mmiri nke Havana, Cuba mere ọzọ ka US banye agha, nke a megide Spain na Eprel 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'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 ihe nrite ndị agha kachasị elu nke mba a maka obi ike, ihe nrite nke nsọpụrụ, ndị agha ndị a niile bụ ndị otu mpako nke 17th Infantry Regiment.