Tlalcoyote

While serving as counselor
for public affairs with the
U.S. Embassy In Santo Domingo
for four years (1984-88),
Foreign Service Officer-Ret.
Ernesto Uribe researched
the U.S. Marine occupation of
the Island that lasted
from 1916 until 1924.

During his stay he traveled throughout the country and
visited many sites that U.S. Marine troops had actually
occupied and listened to accounts by local residents
with memory of the events.

He currently lives In Northern Virginia and makes
ample use of the Library of Congress and the
National Archives In Washington, D.C. for material
and documentation for his writing.