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THIS IS THE HOMEPAGE for materials relating to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) operations in Nicaragua, ca. 1912-1933.  These USMC-Doc pages house personal letters, personal diaries, oral interviews, and a wide range of other published & unpublished materials from a variety of libraries, archives, and collections, especially Archives & Special Collections of the Marine Corps Research Center (MCRC) in Quantico, VA, the Library of Congress, and the US National Archives.  (Photo at right: Headquarters of the 2nd Brigade of the U.S. Marine Corps in Managua, the unit charged with maintaining "order & stability" in Nicaragua, ca. 1928, from Record Group 127, US National Archives, College Park, MD)

These materials are (or will be) accessible on the following pages or sets of pages:

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casualties.   Official List of Marine Corps Casualties in Nicaragua, 1927-1933

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photographs.  PHOTO-DOCS:  MCRC / LOC / USNA1 / USNA2 / others

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PUBLISHED MATERIALs.  Marine Corps Gazette, The Leatherneck, memoirs, autobiographies, biographies & MORE

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blake.  Maj. Gen. Robert Blake Papers, "Chap. VII, Nicaragua, 1928-9, '30, '32" (aRCHIVES & SPECIAL Collection, MCRC)

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BROWN.  2ND LT. WILBURT S. BROWN PAPERS (LATER MajOR GenERAL — two web pages housing 14 photos, 2 drawings & 27 documents 1927-1960, MCRC)

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CRAIG.  Lt. Gen. Edward A. Craig (Ret.), Oral History Transcript, 1968 (MCRC)

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DENIG.  Personal Diary of northern area commander Col. Robert L. DeniG & OTHER PAPERS & PHOTOS (MCRC)

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DUNLAP.  COL. ROBERT L. DUNLAP PAPERS (LATER BRIG. GEN. DUNLAP — TWO WEB PAGES HOUSING 58 PHOTOS & 9 DOCUMENTS, 1928-1933, MCRC)

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EDSON.  Personal Letters of Capt. Merritt A. Edson, 1927-1929 (LOC)

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ERSKINE.  CAPT. Graves B. Erskine PAPERS (LATER mJR. gEN. eRSKINE) — TWO WEB PAGES HOUSING 20 PHOTOS & 6 DOCUMENTS, 1928-1970 (MCRC)

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GRIFFITH.  Brig. Gen. Samuel B. Griffith, II (Ret.), Oral History Transcript, 1976 (MCRC)

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HOGABOOM.  Lt. Gen. Robert E. Hogaboom (Ret.), Oral History Transcript, 1972 (MCRC)

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kilcourse.  Personal Diary of Lt. T. J. Kilcourse, Special Expedition against El Chipote, Dec. 1927-Jan. 1928 (HOUSED IN PC-DOCS)

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PULLER & LEE.  The Case of Chesty Puller, William "iron-man" Lee & Company M

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SMITH.  Lt. Gen. Julian C. Smith (Ret.), Oral History Transcript, 1973 (MCRC)

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SMITH, et al.  MAJOR Julian C. Smith, U.S.M.C., MAJOR LLOYD L. LEECH. U.S.M.C., MAJOR THOMAS P. CHEATHAM, U.S.M.C., CAPTAIN EDWARD L. BURWELL, JR., U.S.M.C., CAPTAIN H. M. H. FLEMING, U.S.M.C., FIRST LIEUTENANT GREGON A. WILLIAMS. U.S.M.C., SEARGEANT MAJOR CHARLES DAVIS, U.S.M.C., CORPORAL EMIL H. KRIEGER, U.S.M.C, "A REVIEW OF THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE GUARDIA NACIONAL DE NICARAGUA," unpublished manuscript, 1933.

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THOMAS.  Personal Letters of Private First-Class Emil "PORTER" Thomas of Ohio TO FIANCΙE BEATRICE, 1925-1929 (Alden Library, Ohio University, Athens, OH) comprising 331 docs

   

    

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