 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Makore gumi gare gare, muHondo yeMexico neAmerica 1846-1848, maMarines akaita kurwisa kwavo kwakakurumbira paChapultepec Palace, iyo yaitarira kuMexico City, basa ravo guru rokutanga rokufambira. Sezvo kufamba kuenda kuMexico City kwaizova basa rakareba uye zvichida risingabviri, simba rakabatana rine maMarines 200 pasi peMajor General Winfield Scott akaita nzvimbo yekumaodzanyemba kweVeracruz musi wa9 Kurume 1847 ndokutora guta musi wa29 Kurume. Kubva ipapo, vakarwa nzira yavo kuenda kuMexico City ndokutanga kurwisa kwavo musi wa13 Gunyana. MaMarine akapiwa basa rokuchenesa Chapultepec Castle, Halls of Montezuma, uko vakabvisa mavara echiMexico ndokumhanyisa Mureza weUnited States. Mwero wakakwirira worufu pakati pevakuru vakuru uye vasiri vakuru vakuru vanorangarirwa mu miganhu yeropa yunifomu yehembe, pamwe nemutsara unoti Kubva kuHoro dzeMontezuma muMarines Hymn. MaMarine gare gare akaiswa pabasa rokurinda pamuzinda uye Captain Jacob Zeilin, Mutungamiriri womunguva yemberi, akaitwa gavhuna wehondo. MaMarine akashandawo sechikamu cheMarines blockade yeMexico iyo yakabudirira kudzivirira maoko ekunze uye zvombo kuti zvisasvike kumauto eMexico, uye sechikamu cheCalifornia Battalion pasi paMajor Archibald H. Gillespie; kubatanidzwa kwaisanganisira hondo dzeMonterey, Los Angeles, Dominguez Rancho, San Pasqual, Rio San Gabriel, La Mesa, uye 2nd Tabasco. Dzimwe hondo dzakabatanidza 1st, 2nd, 3rd Tuxpan, kutora La Paz, kudzivirira La Paz, Mulege, uye kutora nekudzivirira San José del Cabo. 