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04-24-2009, 03:00 PM
Today, April 24th, marks the 44th anniversary of the beginning of the April 1965 Civil War. Revolutionary groups fought to restore the constitutional government of deposed president Juan Bosch. Bosch was removed from power in 1963, seven months after taking office, by a group led by General Elias Wessin y Wessin, who died recently. The ideological leader of the revolutionary movement was Rafael Fernandez Dominguez, with Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno taking command in the field. The ensuing conflict led US President Lyndon B. Johnson to send 400 Marines to the DR to quell the uprising, protect US interests in the DR and aid US citizens living in the country.
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