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[Order Recognizing Marines' Actions in Battle, 14 June 1928] (open access)

[Order Recognizing Marines' Actions in Battle, 14 June 1928]

Official order of the Second Marine Brigade in Nicaragua, recognizing the deeds of eleven marines and one sailor in combat as "worthy of emulation." The engagement between the Marines and Sandinistas took place on 13-14 May, 1928, on the "Bocayicto River" near "Pena Blanca" in Nicaragua.
Date: June 14, 1928
Creator: Feland, Logan
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Hector to George W. Stone, 10 June 1929] (open access)

[Letter from Hector to George W. Stone, 10 June 1929]

Letter from a "Hector" to George W. Stone while Stone was stationed in Nicaragua with the US Marine Corps.
Date: June 10, 1929
Creator: Hector
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History