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War Powers Litigation Initiated by Members of Congress Since the Enactment of the War Powers Resolution (open access)

War Powers Litigation Initiated by Members of Congress Since the Enactment of the War Powers Resolution

This report summarizes the eight cases initiated by Members of Congress in which final rulings were reached, which concerned U.S. military activities in El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Grenada; military action taken during the Persian Gulf conflict between Iraq and Iran; U.S. activities in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait (prior to the congressional authorization); U.S. participation in NATO's action in Kosovo and Yugoslavia; and U.S. military action in Libya.
Date: February 17, 2012
Creator: Garcia, Michael John
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Bambo War Under the Tropic Sun (open access)

A Bambo War Under the Tropic Sun

A narrative written by Harold Norman Denny about experiences fighting with the Marine Corps in Nicaragua during the late-1920s.
Date: 1927/1934~
Creator: Denny, Harold Norman
Object Type: Article
System: The Portal to Texas History
Current Study 11, Chapter 5. Communist Activities in Latin America (open access)

Current Study 11, Chapter 5. Communist Activities in Latin America

This booklet is the fifth chapter of a training course developed for Air Force Reserve personnel about the Cold War's impact on world affairs. This chapter "is intended to show how the Communists have attempted to subvert the Latin American nations as a step toward the avowed Communist goal of world domination, and to show how the United States and other American Republics are meeting the perilous Communist threat" (p. 1). This booklet includes background information, analysis, review questions, and a list of readings for further study.
Date: April 1964
Creator: Air University (U.S.)
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Personal File of Private First Class George W. Stone, U.S.M.C. (open access)

Personal File of Private First Class George W. Stone, U.S.M.C.

Scrapbook compiled by George Stone documenting his time in the U.S. Marine Corps during the 1920s.
Date: 1926-09/1971-06
Creator: Stone, George W.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Marine, Volume 1, Number 2, February 3, 1945 (open access)

The Marine, Volume 1, Number 2, February 3, 1945

Monthly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Fifth Regiment stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: February 3, 1945
Creator: Marine Corps Air Station-Cherry Point. North Carolina.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History

Théâtre de la guerre en Amerique telle qu'elle est à present possedée par les Espagnols, Anglois, François, et Hollandois &c.: nouvellement mis au jour [Sheet 1].

Map shows areas claimed by Spain, England, France and Holland in Central America, the West Indies, and parts of North America and South America during the War of Spanish Succession [1701 - 1714]. Boundaries, commercial routes, cities, settlements, and rivers are indicated. Relief shown pictorially. Scale [ca. 1:5,533,975].
Date: 1703
Creator: Cóvens, Jean
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[General Map of Nicaragua, 1920s]

A map of Nicaragua kept by George W. Stone, USMC, showing the country's departments, main towns, and rivers. Included is an inset showing Nicaragua relative to its Central American neighbors.
Date: 1927%
Creator: Williams, E. E.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lure of the Tropics (open access)

The Lure of the Tropics

A poem, possibly by Marine George W. Stone, satirizing the experience of joining the Marine Corps and deploying to Central America.
Date: 1927/1929~
Creator: Stone, George W.
Object Type: Poem
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo with Secretary of the Navy's farewell address, 7 March 1929] (open access)

[Memo with Secretary of the Navy's farewell address, 7 March 1929]

Official Second Marine Brigade memo with a radio transcript of Navy Secretary Curtis D. Wilbur's farewell message to the Navy and Marine Corps. Wilbur left office and was succeeded by Charles F. Adams III on March 4, 1929.
Date: March 7, 1929
Creator: Berkeley, R. C. & Wilbur, Curtis D.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of a Park in Managua]

A photograph of a park in Managua in the 1920s. A very large gathering of people can be seen, as can an entrance and exit to an attraction called "The Whip." Two buildings are in the background, and a few stands are visible in the crowd.
Date: 1920/1929%
Creator: Stone, George W.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Report of Engagement with Bandits near Quilali for the Information of the Marine Command, 1 January, 1928 (open access)

Report of Engagement with Bandits near Quilali for the Information of the Marine Command, 1 January, 1928

A report from USMC Col. L. M. Gulick in Nicaragua to his command element, detailing a battle between Marine forces and Sandinista guerillas near Quilalí on December 30, 1927, including a list of killed- and wounded-in-action marines.
Date: January 1, 1928
Creator: Gulick, L. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Advertisement for Dance at Loma Field, Nicaragua] (open access)

[Advertisement for Dance at Loma Field, Nicaragua]

An advertisement to US Marines for a "Marathon Dance" at the "Variety Teather" near Loma Field in Nicaragua from December 26th to 30th, circa 1928-29.
Date: 1928/1929~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 17, April 28, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 17, April 28, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: 1929-04-28/1929-05-05
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 9, March 3, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 9, March 3, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: March 3, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 4, January 27, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 4, January 27, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: January 27, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 20, May 19, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 20, May 19, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: May 19, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume , Number 8, December 16, 1928 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume , Number 8, December 16, 1928

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: December 16, 1928
Creator: U.S. Marines' Second Brigade
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 8, February 24, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 8, February 24, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: April 7, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 1, Number 10, December 30, 1928 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 1, Number 10, December 30, 1928

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: December 30, 1928
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Number 4, November 18, 1928 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Number 4, November 18, 1928

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: November 18, 1928
Creator: United States. Marine Corps. Marine Brigade, 2nd. Aircraft Squadrons.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 6, February 10, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 6, February 10, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: February 10, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 14, April 7, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 14, April 7, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: April 7, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 28, July 14, 1929 (open access)

Second Brigade News, Volume 2, Number 28, July 14, 1929

Weekly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Second Brigade stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: July 14, 1929
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Marine, Number 2, 1927 (open access)

The Marine, Number 2, 1927

Monthly newsletter of the U.S. Marines' Fifth Regiment stationed in Nicaragua containing news and various information of interest to subscribers.
Date: December 1, 1927
Creator: United States Marine Corps 5th Regiment
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History