Forced Valor

The lancers charged. The draw rang like a herd breaking for the next canyon, and a file of Pico's riders went hunting for loot that wasn't there. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=N4Grf2vF… #ForcedValor #BrandonHerrera #SanPasqual #MexicanAmericanWar Get Forced Valor Merch at forcedvalor.com/merch More content available at forcedvalor.com Check out JD the Bot Guy on X at teapaw.org/JDtheBotGuy Other Forced Valor Radio Broadcasts youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Please note: This content is parody, fictional, and is for entertainment purposes only. We have no connection or affiliation with Brandon Herrera, his businesses, or organizations to which he may belong.

Pico's men stole a howitzer with a rope. Brandon's answer: rig the brush draw with cowbells. Fair trade, no receipt. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=N4Grf2vF… #ForcedValor #BrandonHerrera #Cavalry #HistoricalFiction Get Forced Valor Merch at forcedvalor.com/merch More content available at forcedvalor.com Check out JD the Bot Guy on X at teapaw.org/JDtheBotGuy Other Forced Valor Radio Broadcasts youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Please note: This content is parody, fictional, and is for entertainment purposes only. We have no connection or affiliation with Brandon Herrera, his businesses, or organizations to which he may belong.

Mid-fight at San Pasqual, a dragoon private notices what the valley still has to offer: a few abandoned rancho cattle bells. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=N4Grf2vF… #ForcedValor #BrandonHerrera #SanPasqual #History Get Forced Valor Merch at forcedvalor.com/merch More content available at forcedvalor.com Check out JD the Bot Guy on X at teapaw.org/JDtheBotGuy Other Forced Valor Radio Broadcasts youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Please note: This content is parody, fictional, and is for entertainment purposes only. We have no connection or affiliation with Brandon Herrera, his businesses, or organizations to which he may belong.

April 1847, on the road to Jalapa. Santa Anna holds the pass at Cerro Gordo with guns on El Telégrafo, and Scott's work parties are cutting new paths through the dark where every ravine looks like the last one. Brandon Herrera has a sack of tortillas, a few nails and a donkey he hasn't met yet. forcedvalor.com/exploits/bra…

San Pasqual, dawn. Worn mules met fresh horses, and carbines that wouldn't fire met lances that didn't need to. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=N4Grf2vF… #ForcedValor #SanPasqual #Californios #MilitaryHistory Get Forced Valor Merch at forcedvalor.com/merch More content available at forcedvalor.com Check out JD the Bot Guy on X at teapaw.org/JDtheBotGuy Other Forced Valor Radio Broadcasts youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Please note: This content is parody, fictional, and is for entertainment purposes only. We have no connection or affiliation with Brandon Herrera, his businesses, or organizations to which he may belong.

April 1847. Captain Robert E. Lee is scouting a way around Cerro Gordo through ravines men could barely climb. Private Brandon Herrera is scouting the commissary's tortillas. Only one of them will get the credit. Saturday.

December 1846, the valley of San Pasqual. One private, a packer's ear, and a plan to make Californio lancers hunt cattle that aren't there. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=N4Grf2vF… #ForcedValor #BrandonHerrera #SanPasqual #MexicanAmericanWar Get Forced Valor Merch at forcedvalor.com/merch More content available at forcedvalor.com Check out JD the Bot Guy on X at teapaw.org/JDtheBotGuy Other Forced Valor Radio Broadcasts youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… Please note: This content is parody, fictional, and is for entertainment purposes only. We have no connection or affiliation with Brandon Herrera, his businesses, or organizations to which he may belong.

He got a captured sword for THIS Worth's division names Private Brandon Herrera for 'ingenious use of materials found in the houses.' Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=K58B7-EM… #ForcedValor #Monterrey #BrandonHerrera #Parody

The armistice that made President Polk furious Ampudia asks for terms, Taylor grants an eight-week truce, and Washington is not pleased. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=K58B7-EM… #ForcedValor #ZacharyTaylor #Monterrey #history

December 6, 1846, in the wet valley of San Pasqual. Kearny's dragoons ride down on worn-out mules with damp powder, and Pico's lancers meet them on fresh horses. Brandon Herrera has a handful of village cowbells and a herd that isn't there. youtu.be/N4Grf2vFAx8

Kearny's dragoons had damp powder and worn-out mules. Pico's lancers had fresh horses and eight-foot lances. Brandon Herrera had cowbells. History records the first two. We record the third. youtu.be/N4Grf2vFAx8

No kind of soldiering he'd been taught The breach team takes the roof, and a sergeant has opinions. Brandon has a better answer. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=K58B7-EM… #ForcedValor #Monterrey #MexicanAmericanWar #Parody

The lesson Monterrey taught the US Army Federation Hill, the Bishop's Palace, La Tenería, and the hard lesson of street fighting in 1846. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=K58B7-EM… #ForcedValor #BattleOfMonterrey #1846 #MilitaryHistory

One private, a pile of hollowed-out gourds and a few candle stubs against the guns of a fortress. Find out who wins in the new story on forcedvalor.com.

A hot brazier, a wall of loopholes, a terrible idea Mouse-holing through adobe in Monterrey, and one private looking at the peppers a little too long. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=K58B7-EM… #ForcedValor #Monterrey #BrandonHerrera #history

March 1847, on the beach below Veracruz. Scott's army has the city surrounded, and the island fort of San Juan de Ulúa fires at every light on the harbor. Brandon Herrera has a cart of dried gourds, a few candle stubs and a calm night. forcedvalor.com/exploits/bra…

See, you don't have to take my word for it.

He cleared a rooftop with dried chiles Monterrey, September 1846. One private, a string of peppers and a stolen cook fire. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=K58B7-EM… #ForcedValor #Monterrey #MexicanAmericanWar #history

Chile smoke through a mouse-hole Two stolen sombreros, one brazier of chiles, and a room full of defenders who suddenly can't see. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=K58B7-EM… #ForcedValor #Monterrey #1846 #HistoricalFiction

In the thorns at Resaca de la Palma, command fell apart in minutes. So Taylor sent May's dragoons at the guns. Ken Burns-style historical fan fiction. Full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=wGEbGUjz… forcedvalor.com #ForcedValor #Shorts #Dragoons #MexicanAmericanWar