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2 unusual facts about Henry Howard Whitney


Henry Howard Whitney

In 1898, under orders from the Secretary of War, he disguised himself as an English sailor, communicated with General Máximo Gómez, and made a military reconnaissance of the island of Puerto Rico, thereby gaining the information upon which General Nelson A. Miles based the Puerto Rican Campaign.

Henry Howard Whitney (25 December 1866 Glen Hope, Pennsylvania - 2 April 1949 Madison, New Jersey) was a United States military officer, mostly known as a spy for the United States in Puerto Rico.



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