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These MCRC photographs are from the
Special Collections Library, Alfred M. Gray
Marine Corps Research Center, Quantico, VA.
Pages 1-5
offer digitized photos of the 68 relevant photos in the
collection of Captain George F. Stockes, one of
the shrewdest and most capable of the Marine
Corps officers to operate in Las Segovias.
Capt Stockes, a veteran of the Great War in
France, was stationed in Somoto from around
August 1927 to April 1929. On Stockes &
his comrades' efforts to hunt down Sandinista
General Carlos Salgado & other rebel chieftains
in the Honduran borderlands in March-April 1929,
see the
Top 100, p. 33; on his savvy
biography of EDSN Gen. Josι
Leσn Dνaz,
see
p. 44. In the archival
boxes the Stockes photographs appear in random
sequence. Most have no identifying
captions; a few have writing on the back.
When they do the writing is also shown.
For higher-resolution photos I'll have to return
with a scanner; in the meantime these will have
to do.
MCRC Page 6
houses photos from the Marines' Rνo Coco
expeditions in 1928 from the Gray Research
Center, digital files kindly contributed by Karl
Offen of the University of Oklahoma and David C.
Brooks of the U.S. Department of State.
There's a lot more that isn't yet included or
even inventoried here. It's a big library.
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Captain
George F. Stockes Collection, Part I |
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Marine patrol crossing stream near
Somoto Patrol on hillside near Somoto,
28 Sept. 1928 Patrol near La Palanca,
Nicaragua, 28 Sept. 1928 Patrol near
La Palanca, 28 Sept. 1928 Stockes,
Shaw, and a third officer, La Palanca,
Nicaragua, 28 Aug. 1927 Patrol
marching up hillside, Western Segovias
Marine Corps biplane Three Marines
posing by a tree Campesino in field
with burro Marines on patrol Capt.
Stockes with gathering of Marines and
natives Marines conferring near their
barracks Native man dressed in white
Burro "The land God forgot," Mylote,
Nicaragua, near Honduran border, Sept.
1928
(15
photos)
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Captain
George F. Stockes Collection, Part II |
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Four Marines seated outdoors Two Marines and
one native seated outdoors Election day, San
Lucas near Somoto, 4 Nov. 1928 Grave
markers of two Marines, Somoto, 1928
Marines butchering a calf in the field
Segovian mountains with fog Segovian
mountains shrouded in fog Segovian
mountains in fog Fog lifting over
Segovian mountains Segovian mountains
Segovian mountains
Segovian mountains with patrol in
foreground Segovian village
Volunteer forces between Santa Marνa and
Yucatαl, Nicaragua Volunteer forces
between Santa Marνa and Yucatαl
(15
photos)
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Captain
George F. Stockes Collection, Part III |
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Patrol on the march Patrol fording
shallow river Patrol marching through low brush
Patrol fording stream Pedro the dog, San Juan
de Limay, May 1928 Lt. Salzman with
George the Mule, 50th Co., San Lucas
Guardia Soldier with wife and child
Guardia barracks, Somoto Mounted
patrol heading out of Somoto Foot
patrol across the plains Marines at
rest outside building Patrol through
pine forest Patrol stopped on hillside
Foot patrol along trail in flatlands
Foot patrol through mountains
(15 photos)
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Captain
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Foot patrol down stream Foot patrol
approaching settlement Marines resting
on log along trail Two armed mounted
men in open forest Segovian Village
Three Marines in camp Betty the deer,
mascot of 50th Co., Somoto, August 1928
Gathering of citizens, Somoto Marine
barracks, Somoto, October 1928 Somoto,
with Somoto Mountain in the Distance,
August 1928 Mounted Patrol with Lts.
McHenry and Shaw, August 1928 Nine
Marine Officers, Somoto, July 1928
Four Marine Officers, Four Nicaraguans,
Somoto, August 1928 Voluntarios Gen.
Caldera, Col. Cordero, Capt. Espinosa,
Somoto, late 1928 Voluntarios Gen.
Caldera, Col. Cordero, Capt. Espinosa,
Somoto, late 1928 Marines and
Voluntarios near Somoto
(15 photos)
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Captain
George F. Stockes Collection Part V |
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Patrol to Paredes Marines clambering
up hillside Colorized photo of Stockes
and another Marine officer Troops in
town square, Somoto Formal photographs
of Captain George F. Stockes
(8 photos)
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US Marines' Rνo
Coco Expedition, 1928 |
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Marines landing boats Lt. Roberts
shooting rapids, 1928 Marines resting,
El Guacate, 1928 Upper El Guacate,
1928 xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx
xxx xxx xxx pages in progress xxx
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