2. Marine Corps History LE-1508

3. Civil War to pre WWI 1861-1915 Pg. 17-39

4. The Civil War

6. Civil War §Limited Role by Marines §Blockade Southern Ports §Provide Landing Parties §Maintain Order Aboard Ships

8. Maj 1 st Sgt Capt 1Lt SSgt Sgt Nowakowski Tuttle Bechard Hannon Robertson Taylor

9. Negative Effects §Many Officers Resigned their Commissions §Joined Confederate Forces

10. Years Of Peace §John Phillip Sousa §Wrote “Semper Fidelis” §USMC Emblem Adopted in 1868

11. USMC Emblem §Eagle = America §Globe = World Wide Service §Anchor = Seafaring Nature

12. Spanish-American W A R 15 Feb - 12 Aug 1898

13. USS Maine

14. U.S.S. Maine §Havana Harbor §Blown Up §U.S. Blamed Spain and declared war §Marines sail to Key West and then to Cuba

16. Guantanamo Bay Cuba §Establish A Forward Base §Under attack for three nights §Marines Go On The Attack §Sgt. John Quick §USS Dolphin §Medal Of Honor

17. Boxer Rebellion §1900 : China §European control §Empress allowed control §Righteous Fists of Harmony §“B O X E R S”

18. §Empress secretly supported the Boxers §Confusion caused Unrest §Marines Defended Legation Walls §Boxers built a tower §Marines Destroyed the Tower and 36 Chinese

19. Pvt. Dan Daly §Defended an advanced section of the wall all night “Single-handedly” §Received Medal of Honor

20. 1902 : New Mission §Capture & Defend Advanced Naval Bases §Established training center in Quantico, VA

21. PANAMA 1903-4 §French building a Canal §Colombian Government §France gave up Canal Project §USA bought out France and negotiated a treaty with Panama

22. §Colombian Govt. rejected our Treaty §Panama Revolted §Marine “Show of Force” §Panama established a stable Government §Canal was completed

23. CUBA : 1906-9 §1902-1906 Unstable Govt. Many civil uprisings §PLATT Amendment §Marine “Show Of Force” §Stable Govt. installed

24. Nicaragua 1909-13 §Unstable Government §Civil Uprising §Marines “Show Of Force” §Major Smedley Butler

25. Birth of Marine Corps Aviation §1913 §Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham §Quantico, VA. §“The Father Of Marine Corps Aviation”

26. Veracruz 1914 §Unstable Government §President Assassinated §Dictator General in power §American Marines and Sailors are jailed

27. §April 20, 1914 : President Wilson gives attack orders §Col. LeJeune & his Marines attack Veracruz §Dictator left the country §Major Smedley Butler awarded Medal of Honor

28. Island of “Hispanola” §1/3 Haiti §2/3 Dominican Republic §Civil Wars and social unrest in both countries during the early 1900’s

29. Haiti 1915 §1908-1915 : 7 presidents assassinated and 167 political prisoners executed §Haiti requested US support §Marines sent to restore order §Smedley Butler & Dan Daly

30. §Advances in technology provided Marines with a new weapon §The “Machine Gun” §Machine Gun was lost in an ambush §GySgt Dan Daly retrieved the missing Machine Gun §Enemy was destroyed with no Marine casualties

31. Second Medal of Honor to: Major Smedley Butler and GySgt. Dan Daly

32. Dominican Republic §1916 Marines Landed §Not a shot was fired §Rebel forces ran for the hills §Marines remained to ensure law & order

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