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Word: borinquen (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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...forbid Army officers in Puerto Rico to disclose what they have and have not there, what they plan to have for defense on the island. Before these restrictions went into effect last month, Army announcements had already summarized the forces then on the island. At huge, slowly building Borinquen Field on Puerto Rico's northwestern tip, there was one group of about 15 obsolescent medium bombers; at Ponce air base, near the south-central coast, there was an equal number of equally outmoded P36 pursuit planes. Planned and announced but not yet at their stations were three more bombardment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bases To Be | 5/12/1941 | See Source »

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