The Story of Our Brave Marines
A tribute to U S Marines detailing their historic valor from 1775 to the Spanish American War. Highlights include Guantanamo Cuba 1898, Boxer Rebellion 1900, Tientsin Peking relief, and battles from Bull Run to Lake Erie, with leadership figures like Lieutenant Colonel Huntington and Captain McCalla.
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G. L. Kilmer
United States
Panama
Cuba
Tientsin
Peking
Fort Sumter
Fort Fisher
Maine
William Anthony
Sigsbee
Guantanamo Bay
Panther
Shafter
Stars and Stripes
Santiago
R. W. Huntington
Guantanamo
J. B. Gibbs
Huntington
Bull Run
Samoa
Trenton
Apia
Asiatic
McCalla
Seymour
Taku
Legations
Waller
Far East
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Japan
Seoul
Port Arthur
Newehwang
Cienfuegos
Marine Corps
Continental Congress
Paul Jones
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Lake Erie
Chauncey and Macdonough
Lake Champlain
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Worth
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Marines in Civil War naval battles surge amid heavy losses
The account recalls Farragut era feats with 800 Marines in his Mississippi fleet and marines on ships Cumberland and Richmond losing sailors to a single shot. It notes land assaults at Fort Fisher with over fifty Marines fallen and mentions the Wyoming and Simonoseki engagements with Japan.
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Alabama
Cumberland
Farragut
Port Hudson
Richmond
United States
Wyoming
Simonoseki
Mississippi
Carolina Coast
Fort Fisher
Georce L. Kilmer
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