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U. S. ARMY CENSORSHIP
rtANDSTAMPS AND POSTMARKS.
A.P.O. dater M-USA 1, which appears to be the only type of

dater used by this A.P.O. Subsequently this A.P.O. was
replaced by A.P.O. 861, which used a variety o~ A.P.O. daters,
M-USA 2 and M-USA 3 with variations of each dater.

Force Tuna, comprising elements o£ ~he 89th Infantry and
au~illary units arrived at the base on the 21st November,

1941, and these and other Army Units would have their mail
passed through one or other o£ ihe A.P.O.s and then on to the
Transportation Office at Kingston.

Ey this time 1he civilian contractors had moved elsewhere
as it i.s known that by the end of August, 1941, they had

virtuall,y :finished work on the air field and ca.tnp. Pl'obably
their censor of£icer, Captain Baer, also moved with them, as
so far there has been no recorded use of M-USAC l or M-USAC 2
after November, 1941, and no doubt the use of these two

censor handstamps ceased with the establishment of A.P.O. 804
on the island and the use of the Unit censor handstamps,

M-USAC 4.
It should also be added that the marines, although
recorded as a "Naval'' Unit in the previous section, also

appear in some cases to have made use of the "Army" mail
service, and io have employed M-USAC 4 as a Unit censor
handstamp. It is recorded that when the main marine

detachment left the island, ~hat some marines were retained
at Portland Bight for guard duty purposes.