The Army provided engineers and materials for the construction of rudimentary accommodations and, in March of 1935, the first colonization expedition to the American Equatorial Islands set out from Honolulu aboard Itasca.
The Army provided engineers and materials for the construction of rudimentary accommodations. The first colonization expedition to the American Equatorial Islands set out from Honolulu aboard Itasca. This was in March of 1935.