Dennis Bell (Medal of Honor)

Dennis Bell was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of Americas highest military decorationthe Medal of Honorfor his actions in the SpanishAmerican War.

Bell was born December 28, 1866 and joined the Army from his birth city, Washington, D.C.. By June 30, 1898 he was serving as a Private in Troop H of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. On that day, American forces aboard the Florida near Trinidad, Cuba, dispatched a landing party to provide reconnaissance on Spanish outposts in the area. The party was discovered by Spanish scouts and came under heavy fire their boats were sunk by enemy cannon fire, leaving them stranded on shore.

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