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U.S. occupation of Vieques and Culebra, Puerto Rico.
Date: 1941
Puerto Rico
Colonization
Military
Experimentation
Biological & chemical warfare
The U.S. establishes military bases on the Puerto Rican islands of Vieques and Culebra, and uses them for testing napalm and Agent Orange as chemical weapons.
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