1914 CHAS ALLEN SMITH KILLED IN VERA CRUZ MEXICO RARE MEMORIAL PIN

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1914 CHAS ALLEN SMITH KILLED IN VERA CRUZ MEXICO RARE MEMORIAL PIN
1914 CHAS ALLEN SMITH KILLED IN VERA CRUZ MEXICO RARE MEMORIAL PIN
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1914 CHAS ALLEN SMITH KILLED IN VERA CRUZ MEXICO RARE MEMORIAL PIN. It was issued for funeral memorial service the first one I have ever found. Good clean condition 7/8" in diameter.
By 1914, the United States government had spent several years cautiously watching the Mexican Revolution and judging its possible impact on American citizens and business interests both in Mexico and along the border between the two countries. To protect these interests, the United States stationed U.S. Navy warships at the Mexican ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz in early 1914.
On April 21, 1914, 787 marines and sailors went ashore to seize the customhouse and were fired upon by Mexican forces. By April 22, the American troops had occupied the town. In two days of fighting, 17 Americans were killed and 61 wounded. An estimated 152-172 Mexicans were killed and 195-240 wounded. American forces would continue to occupy Vera Cruz until November 1914.
Among the seventeen Americans killed during the initial occupation of Vera Cruz were Seaman George Poinsett and Ordinary Seaman Charles Allen Smith, both of Philadelphia. Eyewitnesses to the events stated that Poinsett was the first man killed during the occupation and “was shot by a Mexican sharpshooter while raising the flag on the Plaza following the first landing of marines.” After the battle, the bodies of the seventeen men arrived in New York City on May 11, 1914, aboard the battleship Montana. The coffins were placed on caissons and then traveled from Montana at Pier A past City Hall to the Navy Yard. At the Navy Yard, President Woodrow Wilson delivered a funeral oration during a ceremony that was attended by the Governor of New York, the Secretary of the Navy, and various other officials and citizens.
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