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Sailors of the Great White Fleet pose in front of the Great Pyramids of Egypt while seated on camels.

As an enlisted sailor George Rose was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions ashore during the Boxer Rebellion in China. He is seen here later in life, having been commissioned an officer in 1917.

British and American sailors line the Pei-Ho River in an engagement with Chinese Boxer revolutionaries in 1900, outside Peking.

Sailors on board the battleship USS Rhode Island undergo inspection prior to departure for liberty.

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 of the Great White Fleet ring an arena in Lima, Peru for a bullfight in 1908.

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

Armed sailors from the cruiser USS Philadelphia pose at the American consulate at Apia, Samoa in April 1899.

Sailors on liberty somewhere in the Middle East, early 1900's.

Sailors from the cruiser USS Philadelphia practice assaulting over a wall in the 1890's, on Honolulu.

Sailors on leave in China around 1908 pose with locals and a rickshaw.