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This Day in U.S. military history

1902 – Admiral of the Navy George Dewey receives orders to send his battleship to Trinidad and then to Venezuela to make sure that Great Britain’s and Germany’s dispute with Venezuela was settled by peaceful arbitration not force. This time is considered The German-American Crisis of 1902-1903 or The Venezuelan Crisis of 1902-1903, depending on who’s telling the story. read more

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