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U.S. NAVY BASES IN BRAZIL

19)USN NAF PARNAMIRIM FIELD *



The busiest American air base in the world in the first half of 1944, the twin strips of Parnamirim field at Natal handled a landing every three minutes as troops and cargo were ferried across the South Atlantic to feed campaigns in Italy, Africa, Russia, Burma and China and the looming invasion of Normandy. The closest point in the Americas to Africa, this equatorial city provided a year-round jumping-off point for the limited-range planes of the era.


An alternate northern route, through Newfoundland and Greenland, was blocked for weeks at a time by winter weather.  This bustling American military city had enough barracks and tents for 6,600 soldiers, a weekly newspaper, and a big Post Exchange supplied by Latin America's first Coca-Cola bottling plant.


 

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