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Veracruz occupation
Herman Osman Stickney
Commander · U.S. Navy
U.S. Navy
21 and 22 April 1914 · Place not recorded
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Era
- Expeditions, 1871–1933
- Home state
- Massachusetts
- Action
- Herman Osman Stickney, 21 and 22 April 1914
The citation
Official citation
For distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Comdr. Stickney covered the landing of the 21st with the guns of the Prairie, and throughout the attack and occupation, rendered important assistance to our forces on shore with his 3_inch battery.