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A Douglas TBD-1 Torpedo plane from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise over Wake Island during World War II Battle of Wake Island.  Photo courtesy of Naval Historical Center (http://www.history.navy.mil  - full link to photo in Links section)83

The Guano Islands Act of 1856 - Congress's Bird Poop Law

by Chuck

If you take a close look at a map of the Pacific Ocean you will notice that, next to the names of many isolated islands, the name United States or the initials U.S. appear in parenthesis next to the names of... published 2 years ago

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