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The Dominican Crisis: An Hour-by-Hour Account
President Johnson ordered Marines ashore in the Dominican Republic to protect Americans and counter a suspected Communist takeover. The U.S. response escalated to large-scale intervention with Marine and 82nd Airborne forces, amid rapid civilian upheaval, international debate within the OAS, and a twofold aim of evacuation and stabilizing governance.
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Johnson
Dominican Republic
U.S
Organization of American States
UPI
Jack Fox
Matt Kenney
Martin McReynolds
Washington
Merriman Smith
White House
Charles Corddry
Pentagon
Donald H. May
State Department
W. Tapley Bennett
Santo Domingo
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
McNamara
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Smith
Boxer
Joe Gambardella
New Rochelle
N. Y
Gambardella
3Rd Battalion
6Th Regiment
2Nd Division
U.S. Marines Corps
Pplo
Bennett
Latin America
United States
Juan Bosch
Hungary
Marcos Rivera Guesta
Dominican Army
Air Force
Pedro Bartolomeo Benoit
Navy
Santana Carresco
Army
Casado Saladin
Donald Reid Cabral
Rafael Trujillo
Rivera Guesta
Cabral
Benjamin Varon
Elias Wessin Y Wessin
Wessin Y Wessin
U.S. Joint Chiefs
Congress
Vieques Island
Puerto Rico
Dominican Red Cross
Wessing Wessin
San Isidro
Duarte
U. S
Rusk
Cyrus R. Vance
Gen. Wheeler
Thomas C. Mann
McGeorge Bundy
Mann
Vance
Bundy
Wheeler
Oval Office
OAS
John F. Kennedy
Robert J. McCloskey
82Nd Airborne
Fort Bragg
N. C
Pope Air Force Base
U. S. Forces
Bruce Palmer
18Th Airborne Corps
82Nd
Avenida Mexico
Mexico Avenue
Viet Nam