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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.