Battle of the Alamo

The Battle of the Alamo was a battle fought on Earth in 1836, between the forces of Mexico and the people of the Republic of Texas.
The battle involved two hundred Texans, holed up in the old Alamo mission surrounded by two thousand Mexican troops, led by General Santa Anna. The Texans were led by Colonels Jim Bowie, William B. Travis, and Davy Crockett. Although the Texans inflicted casualties on the Mexicans, Santa Anna ultimately prevailed; all defenders of the outpost were killed. During the battle, Travis was in command of the northern wall of the Alamo, which was the location where the Mexicans broke through the Texan defenses. ()
In 1960, the movie known as The Alamo was filmed depicting the Battle of the Alamo. It starred John Wayne, Richard Widmark and Laurence Harvey. Vic Fontaine was familiar with it, stating that it had great battle scenes and nice sets but that it was way too long. ()
By 2374, a holoprogram recreating the battle was designed by Miles O'Brien and Julian Bashir of Deep Space 9. O'Brien the next year built a scale model of the mission, which the two then used to study their battle plan. One of Bashir's suggestions included building a moat around the mission. ()
O'Brien and Bashir invited Vic Fontaine to join them, but he refused until after the jack-in-the-box had been defeated, at which point he agreed, "coonskin cap and all". ()
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