PACIFIC AIR BASES FOR U.S.A.
WASHINGTON, August 11.
The Navy Department has ordered work to be started on five Pacific island air bases, with the award of construction contracts totalling approximately £2,921,200. The bases are to be on Kaneohe Bay, Oaku Island, the fleet air base at Pearl Harbour, and Midway, Johnston and Palmyra islands. Congress authorized 12 bases last session, appropriating £13,000,000 for the purpose. The Navy’s announcement indicates that the new Pacific works will be accelerated beyond: the others.
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Southland Times, Issue 23897, 16 August 1939, Page 3
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