Word: isla
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Leewards. Farther from major U. S. establishments, this defensive sector of the Caribbean is proportionately more vulnerable, but is currently being strengthened. Its strong points are Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. At San Juan a cruiser dock and naval workshop are in construction, and off San Juan Harbor at Isla Grande, a naval air base is being built. Completed, the U. S. defenses at Puerto Rico will also have the eastern striking force of the Army Air Corps, flying fortresses capable of operating more than 1,000 miles to sea from a new field near San Juan. At St. Thomas...