From The Morning Herald (Lexington, Kentucky) Sunday July 17, 1898 page 2 "Description of the Destruction of Cervera's Fleet Told by Cadet Beckner, of Winchester, Who Was on the Iowa." Is a letter from John Taliaferro Beckner on the U.S. Navy ship U.S.S. Iowa to his brother Lucien Beckner describing the naval engagement at Santiago harbor in Cuba on July 3, 1898. This would make him a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
From The Morning Herald (Lexington, Kentucky) Sunday July 17, 1898 page 2 "Description of the Destruction of Cervera's Fleet Told by Cadet Beckner, of Winchester, Who Was on the Iowa." Is a letter from John Taliaferro Beckner on the U.S. Navy ship U.S.S. Iowa to his brother Lucien Beckner describing the naval engagement at Santiago harbor in Cuba on July 3, 1898. This would make him a veteran of the Spanish-American War.
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