File:Aerial view of Little Placentia Sound, Newfoundland, on 25 September 1940 (NH 113542).jpg
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English: Aerial view of Little Placentia Sound, Newfoundland, on 25 September 1940, before building of the U.S. naval air station. The later Naval Station Argentia wasestablished under the British-US destroyers for bases agreement of 1940, the base was first occupied on 25 January 1941 following the expropriation of the flat headland formed by a small natural bay called Little Placentia Sound and the western end facing Placentia Bay by the Newfoundland government; over 400 families were displaced. Civilian construction crews from civilian contractors George A. Fuller Company and Merritt-Chapman and Scott Corporation, rushed to build the base as well as an adjoining air field. On 15 July 1941, the Naval Operating Base was commissioned. |
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| Date | 25 September 1940 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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NH 113542 |
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| Source | U.S. Navy photo NH 113542 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This image is available from the Naval History and Heritage Command under the digital ID NH 113542. Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1] |
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