Clarence Holland was 16 when he first experienced battle during the bombardment of San Juan in May 1898.
A young sailor from the Coal Region describes his first combat in the Spanish-American War

Clarence Holland was 16 when he first experienced battle during the bombardment of San Juan in May 1898.
A storekeeper in Harrisburg saved a family's holiday by shooting dead an escaping turkey on a busy city street.
After the explosion of the USS Maine in February 1898, Elizabethville, PA readied itself for war.