U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua
(1912)

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President Emiliano Chamorro


 
José Santos Zelaya
 		 U.S. Marines clearing 
barriers from the track.		 U.S. Marine MajorSmedley Butler
 

 
Adolfo Díaz

 

     Inauguration of Conservative President Adolfo Díaz
    (center), with U.S. diplomat Lawrence Dennis and
    former president Emiliano Chamorro.


 
Two Marines at Coyotepe Hill, the Liberal rebel
stronghold, in Oct. 1912.
El Coyotepe fortress.

 

El Coyotepe entrance
El Coyotepe wall

The Assault on Coyotepe (1912) 
Major General Joseph H. Pendleton, USMC