![Uncredited This image shows the front page of the March 19, 1938, edition of The El Paso Times with an AP story, "Mexico Seizes U.S., British Oil Interests." Mexico took control of its most precious natural resource by seizing the oil sector from U.S. companies in 1938, in a move that's taught starting in first grade today and celebrated each year as a great patriotic victory. (The El Paso Times via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d21a91536d8e4178abab1bead66f4ad6/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
This image shows the front page of the March 19, 1938, edition of The El Paso Times with an AP story, "Mexico Seizes U.S., British Oil Interests." Mexico took control of its most precious natural resource by seizing the oil sector from U.S. companies in 1938, in a move that's taught starting in first grade today and celebrated each year as a great patriotic victory. (The El Paso Times via AP)
![Uncredited This image shows the front page of the March 19, 1938, edition of The El Paso Times with an AP story, "Mexico Seizes U.S., British Oil Interests." Mexico took control of its most precious natural resource by seizing the oil sector from U.S. companies in 1938, in a move that's taught starting in first grade today and celebrated each year as a great patriotic victory. (The El Paso Times via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d7cad20be8ac42039d5738e88657e463/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
This image shows the front page of the March 19, 1938, edition of The El Paso Times with an AP story, "Mexico Seizes U.S., British Oil Interests." Mexico took control of its most precious natural resource by seizing the oil sector from U.S. companies in 1938, in a move that's taught starting in first grade today and celebrated each year as a great patriotic victory. (The El Paso Times via AP)