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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1952
Page
8
In Murray Greenland natives recall Americans who built a large airbase then vanished leaving runways equipment and gasoline. The surprise visitors dropped millions in value and left. The report notes the Americans appeared from the air and disappeared amid Arctic silence.
In 1944 the Americans built a wartime airbase 60 miles south of Godthaab on a sheltered plain near Murray. Runways stretched across sand, with a cinema, electricity plant, workshops, and nine radio towers. After the U S Air Force left in 1946 locals looted the site. now only cold storage depots and ruined houses remain as wildlife roams the snow covered runways.
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