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The Lex fori of the Spanish people (Fuero de los Españoles in Spanish) approved in 1945 and which constituted one of the Fundamental Laws of the Franco regime, included, in its article 7, about military service: "It is a title of honor for Spaniards to serve in the armed forces of their country. All Spaniards are obliged to this service when ...
Madrid: Spanish: Fui sobre agua edificada, mis muros de fuego son. Esta es mi insignia y blasón (On water I was built, My walls are made of fire, this is my ensign and escutcheon) Marseille : Actibus immensis urbs fulget Massiliensis (By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world)
Two hundred fifty French mercenaries served with British forces that invaded Manila in 1762. They changed sides and fought for the Spanish. In the 1770s, the Spanish colonial army in the Philippines had an Infantry Company of Cavite Malabars; Filipinos served in the French military during the Cochinchina Campaign.
Salaria Kea O'Reilly (born 13 July 1913 in Milledgeville, Georgia – died 18 May 1990 in Akron, Ohio) was an American nurse and desegregation activist who volunteered in both the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War. [1] During the Spanish Civil War she was the only African American nurse working in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. [2] [3]
A self-referential jab at long words and needlessly elaborate language in general. Si comprehendis [,] non est Deus: if you understand [something], it is not God: Augustine of Hippo, Sermo 117.3.5; PL 38, 663 si dormiam capiar: If I sleep, I may be caught: Motto of HMS Wakeful (H88) Si monumentum requiris circumspice: If you seek (his) monument ...
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The Spanish Monarchy and Irish Mercenaries.- The Wild Geese in Spain 1618-68. (R.A. Stradling) The Irish Brigades in the Service of France, J.C. O'Callaghan. The Wild Geese, M. Hennessy; The March of O'Sullivan Beare, L.J. Emerson. The O' Neills in Spain, Spanish Knights of Irish Origin, Destruction by Peace, Micheline Kerney Walsh. The Irish ...
Mexicans and other Latinos have also been targeted, of course, especially by nativist-fueled hate speech and hate crimes. The hateful signs may have disappeared, but racist attitudes haven’t ...