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With Vera Cruz safely in American hands, sailors march along the waterfront in May 1914, giving way to Army troops. Colorized postcard.

A sailor stands guard in the streets of Vera Cruz in 1914.

Sailors of the battleship USS Michigan pose with machine guns during the invasion of Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914.

Sailors armed with rifles and machine guns hold down precarious positions in the middle of Avenue Independencia in Vera Cruz, 1914.

Sailors carry a crewman from the battleship USS Arkansas who had been shot by a sniper during the invasion of Vera Cruz in 1914.
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