The second United States occupation of the Dominican Republic began when the United States Marine Corps entered Santo Domingo on April 28, 1965 in the Dominican Civil War. They were later joined, beginning the following day, by most of the United States Army's 82nd Airborne Division and its parent XVIIIth Airborne Corps. It was called "Operation Power Pack." The intervention ended in September 1966 when the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne, the last remaining American unit in the country, was withdrawn.
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| - United States occupation of the Dominican Republic (1965–66)
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| - The second United States occupation of the Dominican Republic began when the United States Marine Corps entered Santo Domingo on April 28, 1965 in the Dominican Civil War. They were later joined, beginning the following day, by most of the United States Army's 82nd Airborne Division and its parent XVIIIth Airborne Corps. It was called "Operation Power Pack." The intervention ended in September 1966 when the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne, the last remaining American unit in the country, was withdrawn.
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Strength
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- 21(xsd:integer)
- 160(xsd:integer)
- 184(xsd:integer)
- 250(xsd:integer)
- 1130(xsd:integer)
- 7000(xsd:integer)
- 42000(xsd:integer)
- Unknown SIM and CEFA Soldiers
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Casus
| - Military revolt, fear of the PRD as Communists.
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Date
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Commander
| - Lyndon B. Johnson
- Francisco Caamaño
- Juan Bosch
- Robert York
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Name
| - STAFF FILM REPORT 66-20A
- STAFF FILM REPORT 66-22A
- STAFF FILM REPORT 66-17A
- STAFF FILM REPORT 66-18A
- STAFF FILM REPORT 66-25A
- STAFF FILM REPORT 66-19A
- STAFF FILM REPORT 66-28A
- STAFF FILM REPORT 66-27A
- MARINES 65
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Caption
| - Lt. Gen. Bruce Palmer during the occupation.
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Casualties
| - 17(xsd:integer)
- 44(xsd:integer)
- 283(xsd:integer)
- 2000(xsd:integer)
- United States:
- IAPF:
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Result
| - Allied victory, Juan Bosch excluded from Presidency, election of Joaquín Balaguer.
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Notes
| - *1,000 Dominican civilians were killed during the conflict.
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combatant
| - United States of America
- Brazil
- Dominican Armed Forces Training Center
- Dominican Military Intelligence Service
- Dominican Revolutionary Party partisans
- Frogmen Corps of Dominican Navy
- Inter-American Peace Force:
- armed forces Constitutionalists
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ID
| - gov.dod.dimoc.26971
- gov.dod.dimoc.26973
- gov.dod.dimoc.26966
- gov.dod.dimoc.26967
- gov.dod.dimoc.26977
- gov.dod.dimoc.26968
- gov.dod.dimoc.26980
- gov.dod.dimoc.26979
- gov.dod.dimoc.23436
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Place
| - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Conflict
| - United States occupation of the Dominican Republic
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abstract
| - The second United States occupation of the Dominican Republic began when the United States Marine Corps entered Santo Domingo on April 28, 1965 in the Dominican Civil War. They were later joined, beginning the following day, by most of the United States Army's 82nd Airborne Division and its parent XVIIIth Airborne Corps. It was called "Operation Power Pack." The intervention ended in September 1966 when the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne, the last remaining American unit in the country, was withdrawn.
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