Willard H. Brownson
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Rear-Admiral Willard Herbert Brownson, was a United States Navy officer whose career included service against pirates in Mexico and service during the Spanish–American War. He also served a term as Su
Brownson c. 1900 – c. 1909
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Battle of Guantánamo Bay
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The Battle of Guantánamo Bay was fought from June 6 to June 14, 1898, during the Spanish–American War, when American and Cuban forces seized the strategically and commercially important harbor of Guan
Willard H. Brownson
…years on the Board of Inspection and Survey. He commanded the auxiliary cruiser USS Yankee during the Spanish–American War of 1898, seeing action in the Battle of Guantánamo Bay. In 1899 Brownson achieved the rank of captain and command of the battleship USS Alabama, and from 1902 to 1905 was Superintendent of the Naval Academy…
First hoisting of the Stars and Stripes by the US Marines on Cuban soil, June 11, 1898, Unknown author
Aerial view of Guantánamo Bay
Gallant defense of Camp McCalla, June 11