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Old 07-08-2017, 03:14 AM   #127
DSumner
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Default Re: Villains & Vigilantes is back!

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Originally Posted by johndallman View Post
The US Army Corps of Engineers knew the canal would become important, and applied themselves quite thoroughly to making it reliable and hard to wreck.
The US Army also stationed a sizeable contingent of troops there during the war. I talked to an MP stationed there. His unit was formed up, and shipped to Panama in 1941 and stayed there until the Allies occupied Germany, then he was transferred there as part of the occupation force.
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