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Originally Posted by Ivas
Chapultepec is a name in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs who lived and still live in the area of México near the capital city. If it wasn't a battle involving post-Columbian invaders, then it must've been an internecine conflict amongst the Aztecs and their neighbors. Am I close enough to be "leniently" accurate? Or is this waaaay off?
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This was a battle fought by the US Marines in the Mexican - American war to take Chapultepec Castle outside of Mexico City. According to Marines Corps lore, the blood stripe that NCO's wear on their dress blues was earned at this battle.