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(Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Grover C. Darnall (MCSN: 0219), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for heroism involving voluntary risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy, on July 16, 1927, at Nicaragua.
General Orders: Heroes, U.S. Marine Corps 1861 - 1955 (Jane Blakeney)
Action Date: July 16, 1927
Cuban Pacification (Second Occupation of Cuba)
From Month/Year
September / 1906
To Month/Year
February / 1909
Description The Second Occupation of Cuba by United States military forces, also known as the Cuban Pacification, lasted from September 1906 to February 1909.
When the government of Cuban President Tomás Estrada Palma collapsed, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt ordered U.S. military forces into Cuba. Their mission was to prevent fighting between the Cubans, to protect U.S. economic interests there, and to hold free elections in order to establish a new and legitimate government. Following the election of José Miguel Gómez in November 1908, U.S. officials judged the situation in Cuba sufficiently stable for the U.S. to withdraw its troops, a process that was completed in February 1909.
An earlier occupation lasted from 1898–1902, from the conclusion of peace between the United States and Spain at the end of the Spanish–American War until the inauguration of the Republic of Cuba.
