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The monumental work presented here is actually the
culmination of two volumes on the history of both the area and of the base. Part one
covers Columbus' discovery of the bay in 1494 and goes through "modern times" of
1953. Volume two, written in 1964, takes up from there, recounting important events in the
base's first few years as a closed facility, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the
famous "pipe incident."
The History of Guantanamo Bay was written more than 40 years ago, and contains some
now irrelevant information, and even remarks which may be found offensive by some
audiences today. The work is presented unabridged and unedited (except for minor grammer
and spelling corrections) to keep it within its historic context. We would like to thank
the base museum and cultural resource center for contributing many of the pictures and
artifacts which are displayed on this site.
The Public Affairs Staff
U.S. Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
The History of Guantanamo Bay Volume I
Foreward, acknowledgements, and Chapter
One, "Under the Spanish Flag"
Chapter Two, "How the Spanish Lost
Guantanamo Bay"
Chapter Three, "Naval Reservation
Leased"
Chapter Four, "First Few Years of the
Naval Station"
Chapter Five, "Naval Station Relocated
and Built Up"
Chapter Six, "Between Wars"
Chapter Seven, "Early Days of
Aviation"
Chapter Eight, "Marine Corps
Activities (1898-1940)"
Chapter Nine, "Non Naval
Activities"
Chapter Ten, "Water Supply"
Chapter Eleven, "Resume of Various
Station Activities"
Chapter Tweleve, "Mobilization and
War Years"
Chapter Thirteen, "Naval Air Station
- War Years"
Chapter Fourteen, "Marine Corps -
War Years"
Chapter Fifteen, "Naval Supply Depot
- War Years"
Chapter Sixteen, "Post-War
Years"
Chapter Seventeen, "Recent Times -
Base Expansion Since Korean Outbreak"
The History of Guantanamo Bay - Volume II
Introduction to Part II and Chapter
Eighteen, "Naval Base General Information"
Chapter Nineteen, "Cuban Crisis,
October 1962"
Chapter Twenty, "Other Developments:
Post-1962 Crisis"
Chapter Twenty-one, "The 1964 Water
Crisis"
Chapter Twenty-two, "Incidents During
Water Plant Construction"
Commands 1953-1964:
Chapter Twenty-three, "Naval
Station"
Chapter Twenty-four, "Naval Air
Station"
Chapter Twenty-five, "Utility
Squadron TEN"
Chapter Twenty-six, "Fleet Training
Group"
Chapter Twenty-seven, "MCB Operations
at Guantanamo Bay"
Chapter Twenty-eight, "Naval Supply
Depot"
Appendices:
Appendix A, "Brief of Noteworthy
Events and Landmarks"
Appendix B, "Flora and Fauna"
Appendix C, "List of Commandants, Base
Commanders, and Commanding Officers"
Appendix D, "Texts of United States -
Cuban Agreements and the Treaty of 1934"
Appendix E, "Bibliography"
Additional History of Guantanamo Bay:
Chapel Hill: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow by
RP2 Sharon A. Hay
From "My Memories of Cuba" by
John H. Clifford 1st Marine Battalion, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
We called it Gitmo; by Leo Lawton
The Rock; by Joyce Hughes Mathews, 60-62
resident
If you've got a story about Guantanamo Bay, whether its history, or life during your
tour of duty, we want to hear from you! Send your story (and scanned photos if possible!)
to us and
we can post it for the world to see!
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