U.S. sailors entering Post Office, Vera Cruz (LOC)

    Bain News Service,, publisher.

    U.S. sailors entering Post Office, Vera Cruz

    [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

    1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

    Notes:
     Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
    Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

    Subjects:
     Vera Cruz

    Format: Glass negatives.

    Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

    Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

    General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

    Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.18235

    Call Number: LC-B2- 3360-10

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    1. Infrogmation (9 months ago | reply)

      During the U.S. occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 1914.

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupatio n_of_Veracruz

      When I was young, an elderly neighbor in his 90s told me about being part of the invasion of Vera Cruz. He said he'd joined the Navy inspired by the recruiting poster "Join the Navy and See the World". When he stormed ashore in Mexico he was narrowly missed by bullets, and the reality of the situation hit him with sudden shock: "They are trying to kill ME!" He said he next realized that they live here and wondered "What am I doing here?" More than half a century later he added, "I still haven't gotten a good answer to that question."

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