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Street fighting in Veracruz after U.S. landing

On April 22, 1914, U.S. Navy sailors and Marines engaged in intense house-to-house and street fighting with Mexican military forces and armed civilians in Veracruz following the April 21 landing, resulting in American and Mexican casualties.

Street fighting in Veracruz after U.S. landing

The violent clashes expanded the U.S. intervention beyond a naval seizure, deepened the diplomatic crisis with Mexico and other Latin American nations, and shaped domestic and international responses to Wilson's policy toward Huerta's government.

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