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which Germany and the United States partitioned the Samoan Islands into two: the eastern island group became a territory of the United States (Tutuila in 1900

is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous

name was changed to Porto Rico by the United States after the Treaty of Paris of 1898. The anglicized name was used by the U.S. government and private enterprises

Dededo. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States, reckoned from the geographic center of the U.S. In Oceania, Guam is the largest and

Union and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War. In the wake of European devastation, the influence of its great

percent of the Earth's surface, stretching from the waters of the West Coast of the United States to the east coast maritime borderline waters of India at

islands, out to the Dry Tortugas National Park, reaching into the Atlantic Ocean, Florida Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico. The mission of the sanctuary is to

became significant bases for the United States Army, United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy. The United States Lend-Lease program involved

contained in the 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2) of the bay formed by an eroded volcanic crater . The land surrounding the bay resides in the hands of the families

r 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party, Ford assumed the presidency after

is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada, and the Great Lakes. With

under-sampled regions around the world. Each AMF is designed to operate in any environment—from the cold of the Arctic to the heat of the tropics—for campaigns