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Buchanan was fatally wounded by fire coming from a local saloon while crossing Main Street. Sergeant
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2:30. Private Marvin A. Jackson was also mortally wounded. "That was one boy that didn’t want to die. His brains were sticking out of that bullet hole, and he didn’t want to die" said
Corporal Donald L. Truesdale. The hostile Nicaraguans began withdrawing at 3:00.
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Liberal army. It is unknown for sure who commanded the Liberals that attacked the Marines at La Paz Centro, but
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