Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: Ko James T. Ko "Happy" Shahan o Brackettville, i whakaingoatia i te tau 1995 ko te "Tama o te umanga kiriata o Texas" e te Kawana a George W. Bush. I tīmata a Shahan ki te hanga i te huinga i runga i tana pāmu i te Mahuru, 1957 mō Wayne, nāna i whakamātau mō ngā tau ki te hanga i tētahi pikitia mō te
Battle of the Alamo for Republic Pictures, i mua i te wehenga atu ki te hanga Batjac Productions. I tīmata te kiriata i Akuhata, 1959.