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Panama Canal Defenses Extend Across Coasts and Islands
The article outlines looming fortifications protecting the Panama Canal including elaborate earthworks at Gatun Pedro Miguel and Miraflores with barbed wire moats pits and spikes. It notes a 24 000 man minimum force to deter a naval landing and describes submarines bases at Cristobal fortifications at Colon and Perimeter defenses on Oahu and Pearl Harbor. It warns of potential aerial and sea threats and stresses infantry strength and rapid fleet concentration as keys to canal security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Panama Canal
Big Ditch
Isthmus 8
Sea
Signal Corps
Navy
Cristobal
Colon
Canal
Gatun Lake
Panama
Pacific
Taboga
Atlantic
Gibraltar
Lbea
Limon Bay
Point Toro
Fort Sherman
Point Cano
Fort Randolph
Pacific Entrance
Fort Grant
Perico
Flamenco
Culebra
Naos
Flamence Fa
Oahu
Hawaiian
Pearl Harbor
Mid Pacific
Congress
Oshu
Hawaiian Islands
Canal Zone
mid-Atlantic
mid-Pacific
New York
Buenos Aires
United States