Category:  War

E-mail Me To A Friend!	A Message to Garcia ( mp3 – Stream Free )
	Written By: Elbert Hubbard
	Performed By: Kevin Yancy & K. Anderson Yancy
	Description: A Message to Garcia is an inspirational essay on excelling at tasks and in the work place. In the essay, during the Spanish American War, U.S. Army Major Rowan dispatched to Cuba to find the Cuban general Garcia fighting against the Spanish asked no questions, made no objections, requested no help, and accomplished the mission. A Message to Garcia, written by Elbert Hubbard, has been made into two motion pictures. It was originally published as a filler without a title in the March, 1899 issue of the Philistine magazine which he edited, but was quickly reprinted as a pamphlet and a book. It was wildly popular, selling over 40 million copies, and translated into 37 languages by the time of the Manchurian Campaign, Russo Japanese War February 10, 1904 – September 5, 1905. It also became a well-known allusion in American popular and business culture until the middle of the twentieth century. The essay celebrates the initiative of a soldier, Major Andrew Summers Rowan, a West Point graduate of 1881 who was assigned and accomplished a daunting mission to find General Garcia, the leader of Cuban insurgents fighting for independence against Spanish rule when the Spanish American War began in April and ended August 1898, over the issues of the liberation of Cuba. The war began after American demand for the resolution of the Cuban fight for independence was rejected by Spain. Strong expansionist sentiment in the United States motivated the government to develop a plan for annexation of Spain's remaining overseas territories including Cuba, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The revolution in Havana prompted the United States to send in the battleship USS Maine to indicate high national interest. Tension among the American people was raised because of an explosion on board the USS Maine and its sinking on February 15, 1898 when her forward gunpowder magazines exploded. Nearly three-quarters of the battleship's crew died as a result of the explosion. While the cause of this great tragedy is still unsettled, whether the explosion was internal and a result of the Americans or Spanish forces shelled the warship, contemporary American popular opinion blamed Spain, and war followed, propelling the United States into battle with Spain. At onset of the Spanish-American War, as the American army prepared to invade the Spanish colony of Cuba, they wished to contact the leader of the Cuban insurgents who controlled the plains of the Cauto to coordinate or at least prevent conflicting strategies. This was Calixto García e Iñiguez, who had been fighting the Spanish for Cuban independence since the Ten Years' War of 1868–78, and sought the help of the United States. He was then residing in the city of Bayamo. In the essay, Major Rowan dispatched to Cuba to find general Garcia asked no questions, made no objections, requested no help, and accomplished the mission. The essay exhorts the reader to apply this attitude to his own life as an avenue to success. Its wide popularity reflected the general appeal of self-reliance and energetic problem solving in American culture. Its "don't ask questions, get the job done" message was often used by business leaders as a motivational message to their employees. It was given to every U.S. Navy enlistee and U.S. Marine in both world wars, and often memorized by schoolchildren. It is studied by plebes, first year students, at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, and U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. A copy of it is often given to Marine Non-Commissioned Officers upon their promotion. It is estimated to be one of the highest-selling books in history, essentially due to American employers purchasing copies in bulk to distribute to their employees. This "enlightened, inspirational" interpretation prevails today, despite the fact Rowan was hidden by Cuban rebels in Jamaica before being taken to Cuba; was met by 200 cavalry and delivered to Garcia; was held by the British quarantine in the Bahamas for ten days; and the sole immediate recognition he received was to be given combat command of a company of U.S. Army "Immunes," who were African American/Black troops assumed to be immune to jungle diseases. However, the Immunes died as quickly as any troops once infected, in a brief war that killed more U.S. personnel by malaria than by bullets. But the reality is despite all this, Major Rowan took responsibility for his task and accomplished it. In fact, "A Message to Garcia" may have been intended to embarrass Hubbard's son, Bert, into more responsible action at the Philistine magazine and other elements of Hubbard's egalitarian gathering of artists and craftsmen in East Aurora, New York. Elbert Hubbard died with the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915, by a German U-boat, en route with his wife to England and Berlin on a mission to encourage an end of war. He was optimistic in this endeavor, despite a notice in the New York Times warning that vessels flying the flag of Great Britain, or any of her allies, could be sunk. Major Andrew Rowan died obscurely in the Presidio of San Francisco. It was 22 years before the Army decorated him for this mission. Time Length: 20 minutes 46 Seconds (20:46)
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E-mail Me To A Friend!	Better Moments ( mp3 – Stream Free )
	Written By: Nathaniel Parker Willis
	Performed By: John Foster Dulles, Richard M. Nixon & K. Anderson Yancy
	Description: Amidst the horror of The Viet Nam war a man reflects back on better moments with his mother. Time Length: 10 minutes 0 Seconds (10:00)
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E-mail Me To A Friend!	Patterns ( mp3 – Stream Free )
	Written By: Amy Lowell
	Performed By: Lesley K. Pearson
	Description: A woman walking in a garden of beautiful floral patterns has her life violently ripped apart by another pattern—war. Time Length: 7 minutes 54 Seconds (7:54)
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E-mail Me To A Friend!	Paul Revere’s Ride ( mp3 – Stream Free )
	Written By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
	Performed By: Sandy J. Hotchkiss & K. Anderson Yancy
	Description: Listen my children and you shall here of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Thus begins Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s tribute to a great figure of The American Revolutionary War: Paul Revere (1735-1818), American silversmith, engraver, and patriot, whose famous midnight ride warned colonists about the approaching British army and the resulting battles that started The American Revolutionary War. Time Length: 8 minutes 14 Seconds (8:14)
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E-mail Me To A Friend!	The Battle Within The Bulge – Director’s Cut ( mp3 – Stream Free )
	Written By: K. Anderson Yancy
	Performed By: Jimmer Bolden, Kirk Bradley, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Ben Fahy, Johnathan Goodwin, Robert Gworek, – Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Don Kapa, Michael Latishaw, Michael Summers, Walter Murray, Greg Rhode, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dan Ryman, John Terenin, Anne Welles, Gary Zupkas & K. Anderson Yancy
	Description: This version of the popular story, The Battle Within The Bulge, segues from excerpts of speeches from “The Four Kings” – Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill & President Franklin D. Roosevelt – magically taking us from the rhetoric and actions leading to World War II and transporting us through time until we arrive at The Battle of The Bulge. During WWII’s Battle of The Bulge, an African-American Captain in a testament to human resilience, leavened by healthy doses of ingenuity and humor, struggles to mold battle-scarred African-American and White survivors from segregated units into a single effective fighting force amidst the horrors of the conflict and myriad forms of racism including Black on Black. Time Length: 2 hours 10 minutes 33 Seconds (130:33) CAUTION: Contains Adult Themes, Situations & Language! Historical and Social Significance of The Story & The Battle: During the Second World War, African-American and White soldiers saw combat in totally segregated units until December 16, 1944. On that date, the Nazis launched their last major offensive--Hitler’s Master Stroke, Die Wacht Am Rhein (The Watch On The Rhein) or, as we called it, The Battle of The Bulge. With Allied troops decimated by the German spearhead and facing a continuing Nazi onslaught, integration became a necessity of survival. This engagement is an integral part of U.S. History and became a catalyst for social changes that are even now still at work in the United States and the rest of the world. As a direct result of The Battle of The Bulge, the U.S. Army was permanently integrated. In a domino effect, all military services were later desegregated, followed by the federal government and ultimately the private sector. Screenwriting Awards won by The Battle Within The Bulge: Finalist, Hollywood Black Film Festival 1999 Semi-Finalist, Heart of Austin Film Festival 1999 Semi-Finalist, Texas Film Institute, 2000 Semi-Finalist, Writer’s Network 1998 Time Length: 2 hours 10 minutes 33 Seconds (130:33)
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E-mail Me To A Friend!	The Battle Within The Bulge ( mp3 – Stream Free )
	Written By: K. Anderson Yancy
	Performed By: Jimmer Bolden, Kirk Bradley, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Ben Fahy, Johnathan Goodwin, Robert Gworek, – Chancellor Adolf Hitler, Don Kapa, Michael Latishaw, Michael Summers, Walter Murray, Greg Rhode, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dan Ryman, John Terenin, Anne Welles, Gary Zupkas & K. Anderson Yancy
	Description: During WWII’s Battle of The Bulge, an African-American Captain in a testament to human resilience, leavened by healthy doses of ingenuity and humor, struggles to mold battle-scarred African-American and White survivors from segregated units into a single effective fighting force amidst the horrors of the conflict and myriad forms of racism including Black on Black. Time Length: 2 hours 10 minutes 33 Seconds (130:33) CAUTION: Contains Adult Themes, Situations & Language! Historical and Social Significance of The Story & The Battle: During the Second World War, African-American and White soldiers saw combat in totally segregated units until December 16, 1944. On that date, the Nazis launched their last major offensive--Hitler’s Master Stroke, Die Wacht Am Rhein (The Watch On The Rhein) or, as we called it, The Battle of The Bulge. With Allied troops decimated by the German spearhead and facing a continuing Nazi onslaught, integration became a necessity of survival. This engagement is an integral part of U.S. History and became a catalyst for social changes that are even now still at work in the United States and the rest of the world. As a direct result of The Battle of The Bulge, the U.S. Army was permanently integrated. In a domino effect, all military services were later desegregated, followed by the federal government and ultimately the private sector. Screenwriting Awards won by The Battle Within The Bulge: Finalist, Hollywood Black Film Festival 1999 Semi-Finalist, Heart of Austin Film Festival 1999 Semi-Finalist, Texas Film Institute, 2000 Semi-Finalist, Writer’s Network 1998 Time Length: 1 hour 48 minutes 24 Seconds (108:24)
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E-mail Me To A Friend!	The Charge Of The Light Brigade ( mp3 – Stream Free )
	Written By: Lord, Alfred Tennyson
	Performed By: K. Anderson Yancy
	Description: "The Charge of The Light Brigade" written in 1854, by one of the great representative figures of the Victorian Age, Lord Alfred Tennyson, celebrates the Heroism of a British cavalry unit mistakenly ordered to attack a vastly superior Russian stronghold amidst the Battle of Balaklava during Crimean War (1853-1856), a military conflict between Russia and a coalition of Great Britain, France, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire. Time Length: 8 minutes 23 Seconds (8:23)
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