MARINES CORPS w/ SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS & LINDBERGH 1928 PHOTO. PHOTOGRAPH of CHARLES A. LINDBERGH and HIS PLANE the SPIRIT of ST LOUIS ALONG WITH THE U. MARINE CORPS AVIATION OBSERVATION SQUADRON #9 AT BOWEN AIRFIELD IN THE ISLAND OF HAITI ON FEBRUARY 6-8 1928. MARINE CORPS AVIATION OBSERVATION SQUADRON #9 MARINES AT BOWEN AIRFIELD ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICERS AND DIGNITARIES WITH THE SPIRIT of ST. SERIAL NUMBER (N-X-211) IS VISIBLE UNDER THE WING. THIS WAS ONE OF CHARLES A. LINDBERGH and HIS PLANE The SPIRIT of ST LOUIS’S LAST PROMOTIONAL / GOODWILL FLIGHTS THAT HE FLEW TO BOWEN AIRFIELD AT PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI’S USMC AIR STATION JUST BEFORE FLYING IT TO WASHINGTON D. TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON D. TO BE INSTALLED IN THEIR COLLECTION WHERE IT IS TODAY. PERIOD PENCILED CAPTION ON THE REVERSE. Marine Corps Observation Squadron #9. Bowen Field Haiti 1920-30s. DIMENSIONS: 4″ x 8″. SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. THE PHOTO CONDITION COULD BE BETTER BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. Charles Augustus Lindbergh b. 1974 was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25, he achieved instantaneous world fame by making the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20-21, 1927. The Spirit of St. Louis (Registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single engine, single-seat, high wing monoplane flown by Charles Lindberg May 20-21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from New York, to France. During the United States occupation of Haiti in 1919 the United States Marine Corps stationed Marine Observation units using HS-1 and HS-2 aircraft in what became Bowen Field.
Estate sale find, vintage original photo, Patrol Headquarters at Wharf in Puerto Cortes, Honduras, circa 1920’s. The Banana Wars were a series of conflicts that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States in Central America and the Caribbean between the end of the Spanish-American War in 1898 and the inception of the Good Neighbor Policy in 1934. Honduras, where the United Fruit Company and Standard Fruit Company dominated the country’s key banana export sector and associated land holdings and railways, saw insertion of American troops in 1903, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1924 and 1925. Henry coined the term “Banana republic” in 1904 to describe Honduras. PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTION AND PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS – The item appears to be in overall Fair to Good Minus used condition, signs of wear, creases, fading, tears, chipping, sunning and age toning, soiling, stains, writing, no odors, please see images.
PLEASE SEE DESCRIPTION AND PHOTOS FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS – The item appears to be in overall Fair to Good Minus used condition, signs of wear, creases, fading, tears, chipping, sunning and age toning, soiling, stains, writing, no odors, please see images.
Comes with some research. The item “USMC Marine Corps 1922-1925 Banana Wars Engraved Good Conduct medal GCM Pre WWII” is in sale since Friday, September 25, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “vintageboardwalkalley” and is located in Belmar, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay, Russian federation.
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Original/Reproduction: Original