Tanki Maraka: the US Radar Base 50 Miles from Venezuela (Ad-free)
Added 2025-12-21 12:00:11 +0000 UTC
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When my wife and I visited Aruba in 2004, we were told that most of the aviation fuel used by the allied forces in the ETO came from the refinery on Aruba. Perhaps the locals were exagerating a bit?
JFLGA
2026-01-05 22:53:31 +0000 UTCGeez, who got the Caribbean Command billets? Purely politicos' sons? I knew we had naval patrols [esp. around Martinique, since Vichy was compelled to offer support to German u-boaten...] in Carib, but actual Army installations? Totally fresh news to me! Thanks Ian...
Bruce Brodnax
2025-12-23 22:23:17 +0000 UTCNeat bit of lesser known history
Squid556
2025-12-22 06:07:45 +0000 UTCBaseball court? Come on, Ian, are you a red-blooded American or not?
Jonathan Limebrook
2025-12-22 00:24:17 +0000 UTCAn interesting peek into one of those "backwater" assignments suffered(?) by those that volunteered and were drafted into that, which is today known as the 2nd great unpleasantness of the 20th century.
Mustafa's Fleas
2025-12-22 00:23:00 +0000 UTC
