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Preparing to Snub a Boat, Harold C. Roberts, Photographs of Coco River Patrol (c.1928), Folder 1, COLL 2678, Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division, Quantico, VA., 1928

This photograph was taken during the Coco River Expedition by Lt. Harold C. Roberts. The back of the photograph has a comment written in pencil:…

Tags: 1928, boat, coco river, harold roberts, marines, usmc

Austin B. Fox 1928, North Carolina Boy Doing Service in Nicaragua Writes Letter to his Home Town, Charlotte Observer

Tags: 1928, coco river, malaria, marine, mosquitos, nicaragua, usmc

November, 2, 1928, Drowned

Newspaper article

Tags: 1928, coco river, drowned, fatality, marines, nicaragua, usmc

Thomas R. Henry 1928, Red-Blooded Courage Meets Real Test in Nicaraguan Incident

The article discusses the bravery of the USMC in country against Sandino's rebels.

Tags: 1928, marines, nicaragua, usmc

The Morning Press 1928, 1000 Sea Fighters Get Away, The Morning Press

Newspaper article on the deployment of US Marines (Second Battalion, 11th regiment) en route to Nicaragua to fight General Augusto Sandino

Tags: 11th battalion, 1928, charleston, deployment, hampton roads, marines, navy, san diego, sandino, usmc

Coco River Patrol Image, LT. Harold C. Roberts, Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division, 1928

Three US Marines resting on a makeshift boat on the Coco River in Nicaragua.

Tags: 1928, coco river, coco river patrol, history, marines, nicaragua, September, usmc