Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...read TIME occasionally in a friend library. In your edition Aug. 1, p.13, heading NICARAGUA I can notice upon reading the contents, that the American public is misinformed in regard to the State Department policy in Latin America...
...Nicaragua...
...mountain pueblo named Boaco, in the department of Chontales, Nicaragua. This Central American stronghold is where General Jose Maria Moncada, chief of the Liberal forces, delivered his arms to my marines on May 13. In wet weather it is reached by horse or pack-mule only. Occasionally an aeroplane drops mail to us. However the mail reaches us, the periodical which I first open is TIME, short, snappy, to the point, a mental feast. Critics to the contrary notwithstanding. I still persist in reading TIME from p. 1 to the bitter end. Please do not permit our great friend...
Louis ESTELL FAGAN Captain, United States Marines Boaco, Chontales, Nicaragua...
Meanwhile there arrived at Managua Rear Admiral David Foote Sellers, U. S. N., to succeed Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer as commander of the U. S. special service squadron in Nicaragua. Immediately upon landing, Rear Admiral Sellers was informed by Brigadier General Feland that numerous detachments of U. S. marines were maneuvering with intent to surround and subdue the forces of General Sandino...