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Veracruz occupation

Charles Luers Nordsiek

Ordinary Seaman · U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy

21 and 22 April 1914 · USS Florida

Branch
U.S. Navy
Era
Expeditions, 1871–1933
Home state
New York
Action
USS Florida

The citation

Official citation

On board the U.S.S. Florida, Nordsiek showed extraordinary heroism in the line of his profession during the seizure of Vera Cruz, Mexico, 21 and 22 April 1914.

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