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Ceremonail cannon guarding Guantanamo Bay, circa 1920s.

  • Original caption: "
    On June 10, 1898, a battalion of U.S. Marines under the command of Lt.

Col. Robert Huntington landed near what is now McCalla Field. One Navy surgeon and five Marines were killed in action with Spanish troops. The canon commemorating this even stands watch over the bay and is pictured

as it stood in the early 1920’s and how it looks today."
Date 1920s
date QS:P,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Source https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:The_Wire_Issue15v17.pdf&page=6
Author Unknown authorUnknown author
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This image is a work of a U.S. military or Department of Defense employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States.

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