ORIGINAL U.S. ARMY NAVY MARINES "UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERAN" STUDIO PHOTO c1918

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ORIGINAL U.S. ARMY NAVY MARINES  *"UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERAN" STUDIO PHOTO c1918
RARELY SEEN U.S. ARMY - NAVY - MARINE - * UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERAN (U.S.W.V.) - STUDIO PHOTO c1918.
U.S.W.V. VETERAN WEARS HIS RIBBON BARS. HIS VISOR HAS A BULLION GREAT SEAL AMERICAN EAGLE. HIS WW1 ERA COLLAR HAS LETTERS IN BULLION ON EACH SIDE :
U S W V
7 4
P A
*
United Spanish War Veterans Started (1899 - 1992)
(
U.S.W.V.)
was an American veterans organization which consisted of veterans of the Spanish– American War, Philippine–American War and China Relief Expedition.
The *
United Spanish War Veterans
existed until 1992, when the last member, Nathan E. Cook, died one month before his 107th birthday.
The membership of United Spanish War Veterans consisted of veterans of three distinct wars:
Spanish–American War
– April 1898 to February 1899 (The fighting had ended by July 1898, but the Treaty of Peace was not signed until February 6, 1899.)
Philippine–American War
.
February 1899 to July 1902 (This was a conflict with Filipinos who refused to accept the annexation of the islands by the United States. President
Theodore Roosevelt
declared the conflict at an end on July 4, 1902, though violence against
Moro
tribesmen continued until 1913.)
Chinese Relief Expedition.
1900 to 1901. (Commonly called "
The Boxer Rebellion
," the veterans who had served in it were placed with the Spanish War and Philippine Insurrection veterans on the federal government pension bills. The “Boxer Rebellion” veterans were accepted into the USWV in the early 1920s.)
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