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<p>May 20, 1898 &#8211; United States Colored Troops disembark from a Navy ship. LIBRARY of CONGRESS</p>
<figure id="attachment_5610" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5610" style="width: 556px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Landing-marines-and-burning-fishing-village-at-Guantanamo-June-10-1898.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-5610" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Landing-marines-and-burning-fishing-village-at-Guantanamo-June-10-1898.jpg" alt="Landing marines and burning fishing village at Guantanamo, June 10, 1898" width="556" height="181" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5610" class="wp-caption-text">Landing marines and burning fishing village at Guantanamo, June 10, 1898</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_5609" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-5609" style="width: 532px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Return-of-the-Santiago-fleet-to-New-York-Harbor-Aug.-20-1898.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-5609" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Return-of-the-Santiago-fleet-to-New-York-Harbor-Aug.-20-1898.jpg" alt="Return of the Santiago fleet to New York Harbor Aug. 20 1898" width="532" height="420" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-5609" class="wp-caption-text">Return of the Santiago fleet to New York Harbor Aug. 20 1898</figcaption></figure>

Colored U.S. troops disembarking from a troop transport during the Spanish-American War
Wreck of the Battleship USS Maine