Believe it or not the HICOM had a good local intel op on the island.
HICOM got word the PX clerks were planning a strike. Very quietly a plan was put together to train GI's as clerks.
Day of the big strike PXs opened on time and things went smooth as silk.
Next day the girls were back at work and nothing else was heard about a future strike.
I worked on the reversion plan for over a year. Our biggest fear was the State Dep't would sell us down the river. IIRC we only lost about 10 acre's of property.
That was the site of the first elementry school on the island.
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