Jules James
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Jules James was an American naval officer. During World War II, he commanded U.S. Naval forces in Bermuda and then later oversaw the construction of a large number of U.S. Navy ships while commanding
Portrait of Admiral James by Bjorn Egeli while he commanded U.S. forces in Bermuda.
Admiral James and Mrs. William P. Liddle preparing to christen the USS Liddle (DE-206) at Charleston Navy Yard
Kindley Air Force Base
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Kindley Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base in Bermuda from 1948–1970, having been operated from 1943 to 1948 by the United States Army Air Forces as Kindley Field.
Jules James
…war, secret negotiations between the British and US governments would led to Britain granting the United States leases for a Naval Operating Base and Kindley Field of the Bermuda Base Command (this agreement would later be grouped with the exchange of base rights in other British territories for destroyers in the…
The former AFB Kindley Field, as it appeared in 1993
Kindley Field, shortly after construction
USAAF 390th Bomb Group B-17s, in transit from the US to UK, at Kindley Field on the 22 June, 1943
Theater at Kindley AFB in early 1953