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USHistoryStoryBook3 02
USHistoryStoryBook3 02
ago, specifically
March 12, 1898,
the USS Oregon
left from
California to
Cuba. Since
there was no
short way to
Cuba the ship
had to go all the
way around the
tip of South
America. The trip
was 14,000 miles long and took over 60
days. By the time they arrived the war with
Cuba had already been declared.
=Nicaragua
= Panama