DISCUSS PRE-MOVIE QUESTIONS. 4.21.16 U. S. HISTORY THROUGH FILM ON THIS DAY: 1789 - John Adams was sworn in as the first U.S. Vice President. 1836 - General Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. 1865 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train left Washington. 1914 - U.S. Marines occupied Vera Cruz, Mexico 1918 - German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," was shot down & killed during World War I. 1943 - U.S. President Roosevelt announced that several Doolittle pilots had been executed by the Japanese. 1972 - Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke explored the surface of the moon. BELL WORK: PICK-UP BOTH THE ARTICLE & 6 SQUARE SHEET. READ THE ARTCLE & ANSWER THE PRE-MOVIE QUESTIONS. AGENDA: DISCUSS PRE-MOVIE QUESTIONS. BEGIN THE MOVIE THE LOST BATTALION & 6 SQAURE SHEET.