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Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal

(1) To commemorate the services performed by the personnel of the Navy and Marine Corps during the operations in Nicaragua between 27 August 1926 and 02 January 1933, a campaign medal to be known as the "Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal" will be issued to the officers and enlisted men who participated in those operations.

(2) The award will be made to the officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who served on shore in Nicaragua between the dates mentioned, and to the officers and enlisted men who were attached to and serving on board the vessels mentioned in the following list, between the dates set below each vessel. No officer or enlisted man is entitled to more than one such campaign medal (Navy Department General Order No. 197 of 8 November 1929);

Source: 1953 U.S. Navy Awards Manual

Ashville.........05 Aug 29-12 Aug 29
                 26 Dec 29
                 07 Feb 30-09 Feb 30
                 31 Jan 31-03 Mar 31
                 13 May 31-17 Jun 31
Bainbridge.......26 Apr 27-04 Jun 27
Barker...........l0 Jan 27
                 13 Jan 27-31 Jan 27
Barry............19 Dec 26-30 Dec 26
                 02 Jan 27-09 Jan 27
Borie............09 Jan 27-18 Jan 27
                 24 Jan 27-15 Mar 27
Brooks...........18 Dec 26-21 Dec 26
Cincinnati.......11 Jan 27
                 14 Jan 27-27 Jan 27
Cleveland........12 Dec 26-17 Jan 27
                 21 Jan 27-22 Mar 27
                 28 Mar 27-24 May 27
                 20 May 27-07 Jun 27
                 18 Jun 27-21 Jul 27
                 04 Aug 27-24 Aug 27
                 16 Sep 27-19 Sep 27
                 23 Sep 27-01 Oct 27
                 11 Oct 27-14 Oct 27
                 28 Oct 27-20 Nov 27
                 24 Mar 28-24 Apr 28
                 29 Apr 28
                 15 May 28-14 Jun 28
                 11 Jul 28
                 23 Jul 28-26 Jul 28
                 31 Jul 28-08 Aug 28
                 25 Aug 28-22 Sep 28
                 04 Oct 28-15 Oct 28
                 20 Oct 28
                 03 Nov 28-08 Nov 28
                 19 May 29-21 May 29
                 27 Jun 29-02 Aug 29
Coghlan..........18 Feb 27-21 Mar 27
Denver...........18 Sep 26
                 25 Sep 26-16 Nov 26
                 27 Nov 26-13 Jan 27
                 17 Jan 27-20 Mar 27
                 26 Mar 27-30 May 27
                 02 Jun 27-29 Jun 27
                 15 Jul 27-13 Aug 27
                 24 Aug 27-06 Sep 27
                 29 Dec 27-12 Jan 28
                 21 Jan 28-22 Jan 28
                 29 Jan 28-19 Feb 28
                 05 Mar 28-28 Mar 28
                 09 Apr 28-15 May 28
                 17 Jun 28-22 Jul 28
                 08 Aug 28-12 Aug 28
                 25 Aug 28-28 Aug 28
                 06 Dec 28-14 Dec 28
                 01 Jan 29-04 Jan 29
                 16 Jan 29-21 Jan 29
                 11 Apr 29-14 Apr 29
                 09 Aug 29
                 16 Aug 29-30 Sep 29
                 27 Nov 29-28 Nov 29
                 29 Mar 30-31 May 30
                 22 Apr 30-07 May 30
                 05 Sep 30-10 Oct 30
Detroit..........23 Mar 27-17 Apr 27
Edwards, J.D.....09 Jan 27
                 17 Jan 27-27 Jan 27
                 31 Jan 27-03 Feb 27
                 07 Feb 27-13 Feb 27
Flusser..........24 Apr 27-19 May 27
                 23 May 27-12 Jun 27
Galveston........27 Aug 26-01 Nov 26
                 13 Nov 26-07 Dec 26
                 10 Dec 26-27 Dec 26
                 05 Jan 27-22 Feb 27
Galveston........04 Mar 27-20 Apr 27
                 30 Apr 27-18 Jun 27
                 26 Sep 27-13 Oct 27
                 06 Nov 27-20 Nov 27
                 02 Dec 27-30 Dec 27
                 08 Jan 28-23 Jan 28
                 26 Feb 28-31 Mar 28
                 04 Apr 28-11 Apr 28
                 30 Apr 28
                 15 May 28-18 Jun 28
                 26 Sep 28-19 Oct 28
                 02 Nov 28-15 Nov 28
                 18 Feb 29-19 Feb 29
                 18 Apr 29-19 Apr 29
                 02 Jun 29-27 Jun 29
                 02 Aug 29-04 Aug 29
                 05 Apr 30-22 Apr 30
Gilmor...........25 Sep 26-07 Oct 26
                 11 Oct 26-30 Oct 26
Goff.............15 Jan 27-11 Feb 27
Hatfield.........13 Feb 27-27 Feb 27
                 03 Mar 27-21 Mar 27
Henderson........07 Mar 27-26 Mar 27
Humphreys........21 Nov 26-22 Nov 26
James, Reuben....21 Jan 27-15 Mar 27
Kane.............19 Mar 27-04 Apr 27
                 24 Apr 27
Kidder...........13 Jun 27-27 Jun 27
King.............26 Apr 27-03 May 27
                 07 May 27-09 Jun 27
La Vallette......13 Jun 27-23 Jun 27
Lawrence.........13 Feb 27-11 Mar 27
                 14 Mar 27-21 Mar 27
Litchfield.......23 Jun 27-l0 Jul 27
                 31 Jul 27
Marblehead.......11 Jan 28-29 Jan 28
Marcus...........11 Aug 27-13 Aug 27
McFarland........19 Mar 27-08 Apr 27
                 12 Apr 27-24 Apr 27
Melvin...........25 Jun 27-18 Jul 27
Memphis..........26 Oct 32-08 Nov 32
Mervine..........26 Jun 27
                 09 Jul 27-20 Jul 27
Milwaukee........29 Jan 27-08 Feb 27
                 11 Feb 27-15 Feb 27
                 19 Feb 27-02 May 27
                 02 Jun 27-04 Jun 27
                 09 Jun 27-13 Jun 27
Mullany..........30 Jul 27-13 Aug 27
Osborne..........11 Jan 27-16 Jan 27
Overton..........30 Aug 32-13 Sep 32
Paulding, J.K....01 Nov 26-13 Nov 26
                 16 Nov 26-19 Nov 26
                 19 Mar 27-29 Mar 27
                 03 Apr 27-24 Apr 27
Philip...........31 Jan 32-09 Feb 32
                 08 Apr 32-11 Apr 32
                 30 Apr 32
Preston..........29 Apr 27-10 May 27
                 15 May 27-03 Jun 27
                 07 Jun 27-13 Jun 27
Quail............27 Dec 27-31 Jan 27
                 09 Feb 27-12 Feb 27
Raleigh..........05 Feb 27-23 Mar 27
Reed.............24 Apr 27-22 May 27
                 26 May 27-12 Jun 27
Rochester........21 Jan 27-15 Mar 27
                 12 Jun 27-25 Jun 27
                 16 Jul 27-09 Aug 27
                 31 Aug 26-06 Oct 26
                 15 Oct 26-09 Dec 26
                 22 Dec 26-20 Jan 27
                 27 Jan 27-01 Feb 27
                 21 Jul 27-24 Jul 27
                 02 Aug 27-05 Aug 27
                 lO Oct 27-11 Oct 27
                 06 Nov 27-07 Nov 27
                 07 Jan 28-01 Feb 28
                 16 Feb 28-15 Mar 28
                 24 Mar 28-07 Apr 28
                 28 May 28-31 May 28
                 27 Jun 28-30 Jun 28
                 08 Jul 28-18 Jul 28
                 21 Jul 28-25 Aug 28
                 22 Sep 28-27 Sep 28
                 19 Oct 28-27 Nov 28
                 31 Dec 28-07 Jan 29
                 04 Feb 29-11 Feb 29
                 13 Jul 29-18 Jul 29
                 25 Nov 29-19 Dec 29
                 09 Oct 30-16 Nov 30
                 03 Apr 31-14 Apr 31
Sacramento.......16 Mar 29-27 Mar 29
                 02 Jun 29-04 Jun 29
                 22 Sep 29-24 Sep 29
                 14 Mar 30-24 Mar 30
                 03 Jan 31-31 Jan 31
                 17 Apr 31-13 May 31
                 14 Aug 31-11 Sep 31
Selfridge........18 Jun 27-17 Jul 27
                 23 Jul 27-26 Jul 27
Shirk............02 Jul 27-23 Jul 27
Sloat............25 Jun 27-09 Jul 27
                 22 Jul 27-08 Aug 27
Smith, Robert....12 Jun 27-25 Jun 27
                 16 Jul 27-09 Aug 27
Sturtevant.......19 Sep 32-04 Oct 32
Thompson, Smith..25 Sep 26-30 Sep 26
                 03 Oct 26-01 Nov 26
                 11 Jan 27-16 Jan 27
Tracy............22 Nov 26-18 Dec 26
                 15 Mar 27-26 Apr 27
Trenton..........17 Apr 27-16 May 27
Tulsa............29 Aug 26-28 Sep 26
                 07 Oct 26-08 Oct 26
                 12 Oct 26-16 Oct 26
                 01 Nov 26-14 Dec 26
                 03 Mar 26-30 Apr 26
                 07 May 27-19 Jul 27
                 13 Aug 27-24 Sep 27
                 14 Oct 27-07 Nov 27
                 30 Nov 27-20 Dec 27
                 06 Jan 28-16 Feb 28
                 10 Mar 28
                 14 Jun 28-02 Jul 28
                 07 Jul 28-11 Jul 28
                 21 Jul 28-25 Jul 28
                 07 Aug 28-21 Aug 28
                 31 Aug 28-16 Sep 28
                 28 Sep 28-04 Oct 28
                 18 Nov 28-09 Dec 28
Whipple..........22 Nov 26
                 05 Dec 26-07 Dec 26
                 09 Dec 26-19 Dec 26
                 15 Mar 27-27 Apr 27
Wickes...........30 Jan 32-09 Feb 32
Williamson.......15 Jan 27-29 Jan 27
                 02 Feb 27-18 Feb 27
Wood.............27 Jun 27-16 Jul 27
Yarborough.......12 Jun 27-18 Jun 27
                 08 Jul 27-05 Aug 27

21 February 1999