Kimmel served with the US force throughout the 1914 occupation of Veracruz. His career was then alternating between battleships and destroyers, and he served in both types connected with the operation. Veracruz was one of the principal armed episodes available to an American naval officer of his generation before the First World War. The deployment adds operational context to a career often judged only through Pearl Harbor.
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Kimmel's operational service at Veracruz
Kimmel's alternating battleship and destroyer assignments placed him inside the US naval force throughout the 1914 Veracruz operation.