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24mo.; brown illustrated wraps, softcover; 36 pages; one page has a small chip else very good with a stamp on back wrap "Compliments of USO Panama Canal Committee".

Illus. by Joe Apatsky, 5.75 x 3.5", pict stapled brown wraps, 36pp, original mailing envelope 6 x 3.75", stamped "Panama City". Covers have light creasing, soiling and some ink marks on the front, contents have light corner creasing else very good, envelope has creasing, faint staining, light soiling. The chapters include information on sightseeing including Colon, the national lottery, band concerts, censorship, third locks project. "Whether you have a few hours, a few days.this Crossroads of the World can furnish you anything from bananas to baseball". SCARCE with envelope.

Wraps. Apatsky, Joe (illustratore). Presumed first edition/first printing. 35, [1] p. Includes a section on Spanish expressions. Short section on books about Panama and the Canal Zone. Scarce WWII era Ephemera This was dedicated to the soldiers, sailors, marines, and civilian war workers in Panama. The history of Panama during World War II begins in 1939. Due to the American-controlled Panama Canal cutting across the center of the country, Panama was of major strategic importance to the Allied war effort, as well as the most important strategic location in Latin America during World War II. It provided an invaluable link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans that was vital to both commerce and the defense of the Western Hemisphere. Therefore, the defense of the Canal Zone was the United States' chief concern in the American Theater. Panama never received Lend-Lease assistance, but in return for the rights to build military infrastructure within Panamanian territory, the United States undertook large-scale public works projects, which did much to modernize the country and boost the economy. In the years before and during World War II, American forces stationed in Panama were assigned to one of two sectors: The Atlantic Sector, initially with the 1st Coast Artillery Regiment and the 14th Infantry Regiment, guarded the northern (Atlantic) entrance of the canal, and the Pacific Sector, with the 4th Coast Artillery Regiment, the 33rd Infantry Regiment, and a battalion of the 2nd Field Artillery, guarded the southern (Pacific) end. In addition to the troops assigned to the sectors, certain units were directly under the commanding general of the Panama Canal Department. These department troops included air units the 19th Composite Wing, with about twenty-eight medium bombers, fourteen light bombers, twenty-four pursuit planes, and a few trainers and utility planes plus a regiment of combat engineers, together with Signal Corps, quartermaster, and ordnance units, and other service and administrative detachments. [2] In 1939, the total strength of the garrison came to approximately 13, 500 men. Over the next few years, the defenses in Panama were gradually improved, and the American population in the Canal Zone grew. At the height of the war, 65, 000 American soldiers were stationed in Panama, plus tens of thousands of civilian employees and other military personnel. Among the new military infrastructure in Panama was an airbase, Howard Field, which was necessary for the operation of modern aircraft. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling.