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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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US Marine airplanes in Nicaragua play key roles in chasing Sandino, providing warfare support, transportation, ambulance service saving over 30 lives, and reconnaissance. Major R. E. Rowell leads the squadron of eleven planes operating from Ocotal amid impassable terrain.
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Not only in actual warfare, but in transportation, ambulance service and reconnaissance, marine airplanes in Nicaragua are doing a work that no other force could accomplish. Major R. E. Rowell (upper right) is in charge of the squadron of eleven planes now on duty. More than 30 marines probably owe their lives to the air ambulance service.
With 100 miles of almost impassable mountain roads between the "front" and the town of Ocotal, wounded men are brought back within an hour by ships like the one at the right.
Above is an aerial photograph at the "front," The letters K-T, laid out on the ground in white canvas, are a signal for the dropping of supplies
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Nicaragua
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more than 30 marines probably owe their lives to the air ambulance service
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Marine airplanes in Nicaragua assist in warfare, transportation, ambulance service, and reconnaissance during the chase of Sandino. Major R. E. Rowell commands a squadron of eleven planes. Wounded men are evacuated from the front near Ocotal via air in under an hour despite 100 miles of impassable roads. Aerial photographs and supply drops are conducted using ground signals like K-T in white canvas.