Pancho Martin and becoming a trainer by the age of 16. While he could not recall the name of his first winning horse in Cuba, he was racing Cuban horses in Ohio, Florida, and New England by the time he was 21. By 1951, Martin had moved to the United States and settled in New York. Some of his top horses include: Manassa Mauler, who won the Wood Memorial Stakes in 1959; Never Bow, the Brooklyn Handicap winner in 1971; Hitchcock, the Suburban Handicap winner in 1972; Autobiography, the nation's Top Older Horse in 1972; Rube the Great, who won the Wood
Operation Montana Mauler PAVN killed for the loss of 13 U.S. killed including all of Company B's officers. On 29 March Company D, 1/11th Infantry overran a PAVN bunker complex killing 5 PAVN. As Company A advanced west of Company D it came under attack from an estimated Company-size PAVN unit, the day-long battle that followed resulted in 30 PAVN killed. The Cavalry, Infantry and Marines continued patrolling the Khe Chua Valley for a further 4 days meeting little resistance. Operation Montana Mauler concluded on 3 April, with the US claiming the PAVN 27th Regiment had lost approximately 300 killed. Operation Montana Mauler