veteran of vera cruz!

interesting bit of history.. thats when the idiot Woodrow Wilson (campaign slogan - 'he kept us out of the war')
ordered the bombardment of Vera Cruz without notifying congress, essentially over a non-incident. (Wilson didnt like Huerta, and after some US soldiers were arrested - and later released with apology, he wanted the Mexicans to give a 21 gun salute to the US flag which they refused)

so because the Mexicans refused a humiliating demand (saluting the US flag on their soil) Wilson ordered Vera Cruz to be bombarded..