During WWII, the U.S. built a military base in this Ecuadorian island group to protect the Panama Canal
The question of how to group the local area commands within a 
Caribbean... [DOC] [TLE] World War II | Galapagos Conservancy [PAR] Later, the US and Ecuador discussed the rental or purchase of San Cristbal, or 
of the ... At the end of 1941, US forces arrived from the Panama Canal Zone.