Tuhia he tomokanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1898 ka tukuna te 24th Infantry ki Cuba hei wāhanga o te U.S. Expeditionary Force i te Pakanga Paniora-Amerika. Ko nga waahanga o te 24th i uru ki te whakaekenga o te whare rangatira Paniora i te Pakanga o El Caney. I te pakanga nui o San Juan Hill
I raro i te whakahau a Emerson H. Liscum, i tautokohia e te ahi kaha mai i te Gatling Gun Detachment, ko nga waahanga o te 24th Infantry i whakahaeretia e nga waahanga o te 6th me te 13th Infantry Regiments, i whakaekea, i mau i te whare herehere me te punaha o te awa i runga i te tihi o San Juan Hill.