Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kunyura kweHavana, Cuba zvakare kwakatungamirira US kuhondo, nguva ino kurwisana neSpain pana April 21, 1898. 17th Infantry Regiment zvakare yakazviwana iri muhondo. Zvivako zvishanu zvine masvingo pazvikwangwani zvehurumende zvinomiririra basa rehurumende neV Corps muCuba. Kwemwedzi mitatu, varwi veAmerica vakarwa mumasango, uye Varwi ve17th Infantry vakazvizivisa vamene. Musi waJuly 1, 1898, pa
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 uye PVT Bruno Wende vakawana mubayiro mukuru wehondo yenyika ino yekushinga, Medal of Honor, vese maSoldiers aya vaive nhengo dzinodada dze17th Infantry Regiment.