When I was a youngster, my father who was an officer in the US Army Medical Corp., was sent to San Antonio, Texas for a 6 month training at Fort Sam Houston. He would send postcards with pictures of the Alamo, which got me interested in the tale. When he returned from active duty I asked him about the battle, and he told me the story of Col.Travis drawing a line in the sand, and asking all those who would die for Texas to cross the line. All of them did, and were wiped out to a man by the triumphant forces of General Santa Anna. I asked Dad if they were all wiped out, how did we know this story? He told me that one fellow by the name of George Rose, declined to die for Texas, and made his escape over the wall the night before the battle. Which is where we got the title of the song, The Yellow Rose of Texas.