Guantanamo Bay Cuba has been used by the U.S. Military for a variety of purposes since it's start. This slideshow overviews those uses and gives a detailed history of the U.S. Military base in Cuba.

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2. The History of
Guantanamo Bay
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4. In 1898 the US Marines first
landed at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba…
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5. In 1903 President Roosevelt
signed the original lease
agreement with Cuba for Naval
Base Guantanamo Bay…
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6. In 1904 an appropriation of
$385,500 was made for
emergency repair installation at
Guantanamo Bay…
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7. In 1906 Roosevelt sent troops
to Cuba to crush a revolt…
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8. In 1913 the Naval Station was
officially opened…
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9. In 1918, $14,000 was
appropriated for dwellings for
keepers and improvements at
Guantanamo Bay…
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10. In 1938 Hepburn Board visits
Guantanamo Bay and makes
recommendations for
expansion…
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11. In 1939 station started receiving
water from the Yateras River via
a new pipeline…
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12. In 1940-1941 a contract was
signed with Frederick Snare
Corp to begin construction
program for expansion of the
station and Naval “Operating
Base” at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba was established…
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13. In 1950 the U.S. Supreme
Court rules that nonresident
enemy aliens have “no access
to our courts in wartime” …
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14. In 1959 Fidel Castro takes
power in Cuba …
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15. In 1964 Castro’s government in
Havana cuts off water supplies
to Guantanamo Bay …
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16. In 1993 U.S. detention of HIV-
positive refugees at
Guantanamo Bay is declared
unconstitutional …
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17. In 1999 U.S. Marines disarm all
land mines surrounding
Guantanamo Bay …
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18. In 2002 Bush Administration
established Guantanamo Bay
Detention Camp…
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19. In 2003 a new Guantanamo
Bay Standard Operating
Procedure Manual is put into
effect…
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20. In 2005 federal judge Joyce
Hens Green ruled that
Combatant Status Review
Tribunals were unconstitutional…
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21. In 2006 George W Bush signs a
law suspending the right of
habeas corpus to persons
determined by U.S. determined
to be an “enemy of the United
States” …
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22. In 2008 U.S. Supreme Court
ruled in Boumediene vs. Bush …
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23. In 2009 President Obama sigsn
executive order that
Guantanamo Detention Camp
would close within a year…
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24. In 2011 Obama signs the
2011 Defense Authorization
Bill…
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