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Code · Massachusetts · Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT · Title XVII — PUBLIC WELFARE · Chapter 115A

Section 2: Service defined

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Section 2. Service referred to in section one shall mean service during any of the following periods, both dates inclusive: —
(a)Mexican Border Service, between June nineteenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and February third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, provided, that such service was in the Massachusetts National Guard;
(b)Cuban Pacification Campaign, between October sixth, nineteen hundred and six and April first, nineteen hundred and nine;
(c)Nicaraguan Campaign, between August twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and twelve and October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine;
(d)Vera Cruz Expedition, between April twenty-first, nineteen hundred and fourteen and November twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and fourteen;
(e)Dominican Campaigns, between May fourth, nineteen hundred and sixteen and September seventeenth, nineteen hundred and twenty-four;
(f)Haitian Campaign, between July ninth, nineteen hundred and fourteen and October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine;
(g)China Expeditionary Service, between October thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty-nine and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirty;
(h)Army of Occupation in Germany, also known as the A.E.F., between November twelfth, nineteen hundred and eighteen and July eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-three; provided, in any case, that proof of service in the campaign, army of occupation or expedition mentioned is made.
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