In the "War is not hell, it's DUMB" category:
On June 28th 1898, a couple months into the Spanish-American war, the US sent a gunship, the U.S.S. Charleston, to capture Guam. When it arrived, it fired on the Spanish fort to determine the level of resistance. There was no response. Shortly afterward, a small boat with Lt. Garcia Gutierrez (
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