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Marine Sergeant Crowned White King of La Gonave 1921 25
Marine Wirkus, a Pennsylvanian gunnery sergeant, was crowned King Faustin II by Queen Ti Memenne on La Gonave, Haiti. He ruled the 12,000 natives for five years while serving in the Gendarmerie and later returned to US duties at Chapel Hill.
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Voodoo Isle
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Leatherneck
U. S. Marines
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Faustin I
Faustin
West Indies
Port Au Prince
Wirkus
United States Marines
Faustin E. Wirkus
Pennsylvania
Faustin II
Marine Corps
Haiti
Ti Memenne
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Alexander S. Williams
Smedley Butler
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Inner Court
Marine
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Mr. Wirkus
Louis Borno
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