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...islands and one bay in the Pacific, Alaska and Caribbean defense areas. After May 14, Culebra Island, off Puerto Rico; Guam, Rose and Tutuila Islands in Samoa; Palmyra, Johnston, Midway, Wake Islands and Kingman Reef (stepping stones between Honolulu's Pearl Harbor and the Philippines); Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii; Kiska and Unalaska Islands, off Alaska, will be forbidden ground to all but U. S. armed forces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Three Days Out | 3/3/1941 | See Source »

...well as bases for aircraft. Its big establishment will be at Kodiak which Alaskans hope will eventually be made as strong as Hawaii, 2,600 miles directly south. Far west of Kodiak (and about 900 miles farther west than Hawaii) lies the Navy's outmost listening post, Kiska Island, which can be used as an advance base for air and submarine operations. Closer in toward Kodiak is a bigger station, Dutch Harbor, famed as landing place for naval patrol boat flights on Arctic training...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STRATEGY: Fortifying Alaska | 8/5/1940 | See Source »

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