I jagten på et påskud for at gribe ind godkendte militæret- -Operation Northwoods, der indeholdt en "Husk Maine"-begivenhed: Sænkningen der udløste den Spansk-amerikanske krig i 1898.
Seeking a pretext for military action, the Joint Chiefs approved operation Northwoods which included a Remember the Maine incident modeled on the ship sinking that triggered the Spanish-American war in 1898.