"DEFENDING" THEIR LAND FROM "ATTACK: , —National Guardsmen, all native Puerto Ricans, flat on their stomachs, "defending" the American island of Puerto Rico, in the Caribhean, against American marines and soldiers during recent Army and A avy manoeuvres. The landing was effected near the spot where forty years ago General Nelson Miles took possession of the island for the United Stales '— the war with Spain.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 99, 29 April 1938, Page 5
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64"DEFENDING" THEIR LAND FROM "ATTACK:,—National Guardsmen, all native Puerto Ricans, flat on their stomachs, "defending" the American island of Puerto Rico, in the Caribhean, against American marines and soldiers during recent Army and A avy manoeuvres. The landing was effected near the spot where forty years ago General Nelson Miles took possession of the island for the United Stales '— the war with Spain. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 99, 29 April 1938, Page 5
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