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Hemisphere defense plans outline United States bases
A 1940s style map explains U S army and navy readiness across the western hemisphere. It notes Monroe Doctrine limits and calls for bases in the Caribbean and Pacific, mentions Britain talks on naval access, highlights Greenland and Iceland routes, and lists Kodiak Sitka and Dutch Harbor as rushed Alaska bases.
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Roosevelt
W.L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Havana
Great Britain
United States
New World Action
America
United States Army
New World
Pacific
Ecuador
Galapagos
Panama Canal
Atlantic
Caribbean
Britain
Trinidad
Jamaica
Brazil
Africa
Greenland
Europe
Iceland
Denmark
Lebreder
New England