PART I: Date with Destiny: JOHN McGREGOR: Listen to the Wind
Tags: MCGREGOR, John; SOLDIERS; SIEGES -- Texas; CROCKETT, Davy, 1786-1836; BOWIE, Jim, d. 1836; ALAMO (San Antonio, Tex.) -- Siege, 1836
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