Cary Devall Langhorne (1873-1948)

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Lynchburg native Cary D. Langhorne spent his early years here. A surgeon in the U.S. Navy, he was wounded in the Philippine-American War (1899-1902). During the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. government disputed the legitimacy of Mexican Pres. Victoriano Huerta. Clashes over a German arms shipment and the detention of American sailors led Pres. Woodrow Wilson to order American vessels, including Langhorne's ship USS Vermont, to seize the port of Veracruz. On 22 Apr. 1914, during the ensuing battle, Langhorne carried a wounded man to safety under heavy fire, for which he received the Medal of Honor. He later served aboard a hospital ship during World War I.

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Cary Devall Langhorne Death Certificate Washington Evening Times, 10 Oct. 1899. Washington Times, 11 Oct. 1899. Washington Evening Star, 10 Oct. 1899. Washington Post, 26 Apr. 1948. A.B. Sobocinski, “A Little Engagement at Vera Cruz,” Navy Medicine, vol. 95, no. 3 (May-June 2004), 16-18. Sanders Marble, “John Expeditionary Medical Support in 1914: The US Occupation of Veracruz, Mexico,” Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health, vol. 24, no. 3. (www.jmvh.org) Enrique Krauze, “The April Invasion of Veracruz,” New York Times, 20 April 2014. Jack Sweetman, “’Take Veracruz at Once,’” Naval History Magazine, vol. 28, no. 2 (April 2014). Cary Devall Langhorne Medal of Honor Citation (http://themedalofhonor.com/medal-of-honor-recipients/recipients/langhorne-cary-mexican-campaign) VMI Archives Historical Rosters Database.