Word: eustatius
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chief Roosevelt dropped out of sight with Admiral Leahy on the cruiser Houston after steaming in for a close look at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, receiving Governor Lawrence Cramer of the Virgin Islands on board in St. Thomas Harbor, and paying a courtesy call on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius ("Statia"). The President let it be known that he was following every minutest move of the opposing forces on a big chart in Admiral Leahy's quarters. "Results" of naval war games are not usually made public but this time nation and world looked forward to a Roosevelt...