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 | Lot #5066 United States Army at War - World War II American Forces in Iceland 1941-43 collection of 27 covers or cards on exhibit pages, showing markings used by the American Army, Navy, U.S.Marine Corps and supporting forces in Iceland during World War II. There are earliest and latest recorded usages, "Marines Mail", "American Base Forces A.P.O. 810" pmks, covers with U.S. franking, one with 10c Special Delivery stamp, Registered Mail, "U.S. Navy" from the "U.S.S. Biddle", Fleet Air Base, etc., mixed condition, seldom offered. (Great Britain, which initially occupied Iceland to keep it out of German hands, needed her troops elsewhere, and requested that US forces occupy the island. On July 7, 1941, President Roosevelt announced that "The American Forces have landed in Iceland". The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade of 194 officers and 3,714 men from San Diego under the command of Brigadier General John Marston anchored off Reykjavik)
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