U.S. Naval Base in Iceland
Received Sunday, 7.30 p.m. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.
The Secretary of the Navy (Colonel Prank Knox) announces the establishment In Iceland of a naval operating base with Admiral James Kauffman as commandant. While the designation of Iceland as a naval operating base Is chiefly an organise tlonal one, It is a step taken to enable extensive and varied activities both ashore and afloat.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 267, 10 November 1941, Page 5
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