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THIS IS THE LAST OF THE 53 PAGES
of documents for NICARAGUA'S CARIBBEAN COAST REGION! Its
only job is to house materials dating from the 1940s to the 1980s.
And so these East Coast pages come
to a close, with this final
page housing the few relevant
documents from the period after
1940. Aerial photographs of
the main US-built airstrips in the
Atlantic Coast ? at Siuna (La Luz),
Bluefields, and Alamicamba on the
Prinzapolka River ? offer a visual
depiction of these important
legacies of the US occupation a
decade after the final Marine
withdrawal.
We
then skip forward four decades
from the 1942 aerial photos to the
1982 oral testimony of Nasario
Ortega Aldaba (b. 1909), the only
testimony of the 155 or so produced
by the Instituto de Estudio del
Sandinismo of a native Coste?o.
(For more on the IES testimonies,
see
IES-DOCS.)
Originally from Bluefields and a
former banana worker on the
plantations on the R?o Escondido,
Sr. Ortega Aldaba offers a
fascinating if often problematic
narrative of the EDSN?s actions on
the Coast. Claiming to have
originally joined up with the forces
of Gen. Pedr?n, he says he also
served under Generals Carlos
Salgado, Juan Pablo Umanzor, Pedro
Bland?n, and Ad?n G?mez, though the
veracity of some of his narratives
remains dubious (e.g., he says he
participated in the Battle of Rama,
but despite Sandinista mythologies
there was no EDSN action against
Rama, while his claim to have been
in the Battle of Ocotal is highly
doubtful). In any case, his
testimony is included here because
it?s the only one narrated by a
native Coste?o.
Tom
Bartlett?s 1984 story in
The Leatherneck
reprises Capt. Merritt Edson?s R?o
Coco patrol of 1928, drawing some
suggestive comparisons to Vietnam,
while the final item, an obscure
1985 essay by Ted Vincent in The
Black Scholar, traces the
connection between Sandino?s
nationalist project and Marcus
Garvey?s Universal Negro Improvement
Association in the 1920s.
Vincent?s assertions about the
Nicaraguan UNIA?s sympathies toward
the rebel leader remain highly
dubious, though his essay does offer
a unique window (and cite several
obscure sources) on a little-studied
aspect of the period.
Readers interested in more detailed
treatment of specific
episodes & events highlighted on
these pages, including the seven
major EDSN offensives into the
Coast, are invited to visit the
Documentary Annex.
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PERIOD MAPS
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1894 mosquito
shore
27 MB,
library of congress
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1920s
Standard Fruit
6.5 mb,
US National archives
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1928 Rio wanks
Patrol
3 mb, us
national archives
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1931 Moravian
2.4 mb,
comenius press
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1.
17 December 1942.
Description of Siuna (La Luz) Airfield,
US War
Department, p. 1.
"
. . . NAME AND LOCATION: SIUNA (LA LUZ)
? About 5 kilometers from La Luz
Gold Mines. 2 miles S of Siuna - about
1/2 mile form mine. . . . LANDMARKS: 5
kilometers S of small village
surrounding L Luz Gold Mining Co."
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2.
17 December 1942.
Description of Siuna (La Luz) Airfield,
US War
Department, p. 2.
Aerial
photograph of La Luz Mines.
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3.
17 December 1942.
Description of Siuna (La Luz) Airfield,
US War
Department, p. 3.
Second
aerial photograph of La Luz Mines.
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4.
17 December 1942.
Description of Siuna (La Luz) Airfield,
US War
Department, p. 4.
Aerial
photograph of Siuna airfield looking
toward town of Siuna.
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5.
17 December 1942.
Description of Siuna (La Luz) Airfield,
US War
Department, p. 5.
Aerial
photograph of Siuna airfield looking
away from town of Siuna.
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6.
17 December 1942.
Description of Siuna (La Luz) Airfield,
US War
Department, p. 6.
Aerial
photograph of Siuna airfield.
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7.
17 December 1942.
Description of Siuna (La Luz) Airfield,
US War
Department, p. 7.
Sketch &
brief description of Siuna airfield.
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1.
18 December 1942.
Description of Bluefields Airport,
US War
Department, p. 1.
" . . . NAME AND
LOCATION: BLUEFIELDS. On side slpe of
low hill 1/2 mi. S of town, and about
900' from edge of lagoon. . . . ?
LANDMARKS: 4 Kms. from city and port of
Bluefields. Large Laguna 1/4 mi. N of
field. . . ."
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2.
18 December 1942.
Description of Bluefields Airport,
US War
Department, p. 2.
Aerial photograph
of airfield looking north.
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3.
18 December 1942.
Description of Bluefields Airport,
US War
Department, p. 3.
Second aerial
photograph of airfield looking north.
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1.
19 December 1942.
Description of Alamicamba Airport, about
4 km. west of town of Alamicamba on
Prinzapolka River,
US War
Department, p. 1.
" . . . NAME AND
LOCATION: ALAMICAMBA. About
4 kms. West of small town on Prinzapolka
River. ? . . . LANDMARKS:
4 km. W of Prinzapolka River. . . ."
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2.
19 December 1942.
Description of Alamicamba Airport, about
4 km. west of town of Alamicamba on
Prinzapolka River,
US War
Department, p. 2.
Aerial photograph
of airfield looking north.
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3.
19 December 1942.
Description of Alamicamba Airport, about
4 km. west of town of Alamicamba on
Prinzapolka River,
US War
Department, p. 3.
Aerial photograph
of town of Alamicamba on Prinzapolka
River, near airfield, & the road from
the town to airfield.
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4.
19 December 1942.
Description of Alamicamba Airport, about
4 km. west of town of Alamicamba on
Prinzapolka River,
US War
Department, p. 4.
Aerial photograph
of Alamicamba airport looking East
toward town of Alamicamba & down
Prinzapolka River.
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1.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 1.
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2.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 2.
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3.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 3.
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4.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 4.
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5.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 5.
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6.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 6.
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7.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 7.
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8.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 8.
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9.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),best replica watches
Managua, p. 9.
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10.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 10.
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11.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 11.
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12.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 12.
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13.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 13.
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14.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 14.
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15.
24 February 1982.
Oral Testimony of
Nasario Ortega Aldaba, Instituto
de Estudio del Sandinismo (IES 039),
Managua, p. 15.
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September
1984.
"The Banana War Marine," story by
Tom Bartlett,
The Leatherneck, Sept. 1984, p.
1.
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September
1984.
"The Banana War Marine," story by
Tom Bartlett,
The Leatherneck, Sept. 1984, p.
2.
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1.
May-June 1985.
"Sandino's Aid from the Black American
Press," article by
Ted Vincent,
The Black Scholar, p. 1.
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2.
May-June 1985.
"Sandino's Aid from the Black American
Press," article by
Ted Vincent,
The Black Scholar, p. 2.
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3.
May-June 1985.
"Sandino's Aid from the Black American
Press," article by
Ted Vincent,
The Black Scholar, p. 3.
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4.
May-June 1985.
"Sandino's Aid from the Black American
Press," article by
Ted Vincent,
The Black Scholar, p. 4.
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5.
May-June 1985.
"Sandino's Aid from the Black American
Press," article by
Ted Vincent,
The Black Scholar, p. 5.
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6.
May-June 1985.
"Sandino's Aid from the Black American
Press," article by
Ted Vincent,
The Black Scholar, p. 6.
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7.
May-June 1985.
"Sandino's Aid from the Black American
Press," article by
Ted Vincent,
The Black Scholar, p. 7.
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