Photo MCRC-4.1. Foot patrol down
stream.
No date or caption. Another
spontaneous candid shot of what
looks like pretty miserable duty.
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Photo MCRC-4.2. Foot patrol
approaching settlement.
Somewhere near the Honduran border.
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Photo MCRC-4.3. Marines
resting on log along trail.
On break on patrol; looks like
lunch.
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Photo MCRC-4.4. Two armed
mounted men in open forest.
Probably somewhere near Dipilto;
these don't look like Marines; is
the person on the left a woman?
Conveys a good sense of much of the
landscape in the Western Segovias.
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Photo MCRC-4.5. Segovian
village.
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Photo MCRC-4.6. Three
Marines in camp.
A nice image. Marine at right
cradles the muzzle of a Thompson
sub-machine gun.
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Photo MCRC-4.7. Betty the
Deer, Mascot of 50th Co., Somoto, August 1928.
"Betty" Mascot of 50th
Company, Somoto, Nic. Aug 15,
1928."
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Photo MCRC-4.8.
Gathering of citizens, Somoto.
Be wonderful to know who these
people are. Quite a few people
here barefoot, along with what look
like local eminences. Neither
caption nor date. Pity.
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Photo MCRC-4.9. Marine
barracks, Somoto, October 1928.
"Marine Barracks, Somoto, Nic
Capt. Geo. F. Stockes, Comd'g
October 1, 1928."
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Photo MCRC-4.10.
Somoto, with Somoto Mountain in the Distance,
August 1928.
"View of Somoto, Nicaragua
Captain Geo. F. Stockes, Comd'g.
Aug. 20, 1928."
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Photo MCRC-4.11.
Mounted Patrol with Capt. Stockes & Lts. McHenry
and Shaw, August 1928.
"X -- me. Lieut. McHenry and
Lieut Shaw on right and left.
Somoto, NIcaragua, August 30, 1928."
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Photo MCRC-4.12. Nine
Marine Officers, Somoto, July 1928.
"First row -- Capt. Stockes, Capt.
Reagan, Lt. Mosher. Back
row -- Lieut. Brink, Lieut. Luckey,
Capt. Erskine, Colonel Dunlap, Capt.
Austin (U.S.A.) and Capt. Sanderson
July, 1928."
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Photo MCRC-4.13. Four
Marine officers, four Nicaraguans, Somoto,
August 1928.
Four prominent local citizens and
four Marine officers. Looks
like Capt. Stockes and Colonel
Dunlap in the front row.
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Photo MCRC-4.14.
Voluntarios, Somoto.
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Photo MCRC-4.15.
Voluntario Gen. Caldera, Col. Cordero, Capt.
Espinosa, Somoto, late 1928.
"Lt. Neal, G.M. Col.
Cordero, Vol. Gen.
Caldera, Vol.
Capt. Stockes, USMC
Capt. Espinosa, Vol."
A great shot of three prominent
Voluntario jefes -- a
fascinating effort in late 1928 &
early 1929 to privatize
violence-making capacities to
supplement the Guardia Nacional &
Marines, and one that came to a
quick halt in mid-1929 after things
began to get out of hand.
Despite the name, voluntario
troops were paid pretty handsomely.
There's an article waiting to be
written on these guys.
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