Smith, Benson survey sheet - handwritten     On front of survey sheet: "Date of Enlistment: March 26, 1918 Military Camps to which went: * Went to sea right away. Units to which belonged: * Naval overseas Transportation service Date of trip overseas: -- Service there: * I made 6 trips over & back, was on the first merchant ship to enter Hamburg after Armistice. Date of return: June 12/[19]19 Date of demobilization: June 2 [1919], but on inactive duty. Honors received: -- (over)" One reverse of survey sheet: "I first joined the Navy in Feb. 14, 1911 and was paid off on Jan. 25, 1915. While there I was in active duty in Vera Cruz, Mexico in 1914 and in Haiti of the same year. ---------------------------- Will send you a picture later."     NOTES Mexican Revolution: Occupation of Vera Cruz (About.com. Military History) http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars1900s/p/veracruz.htm United States Occupation of Vera Cruz (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_occupation_of_Veracruz Intervention in Haiti, 1914 (GlobaSecurity.org) http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/haiti1914.htm U.S. Navy. Naval History Division. History of the Naval Overseas Transportation Service in World War I, by Lewis P. Clephane. Washington, DC: The Division, 1969. (Ibiblio. Hyperwar) http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar///////AMH/XX/WWI/USN/NOTS/index.html The Hamburg Revolution - Heinrich Laufenberg (Libcom.org) http://libcom.org/history/hamburg-revolution-heinrich-laufenberg