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Ron May wrote:
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> Ned,
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> My recollection of Iceland is that is is a separate country and not subject
> to Section 106 of America's National Historic Preservation Act. If that is
> so, why speculate what a foreign nation might do to U.S. military buildings?
I missed the original post that this is responding to, but since I lived
near Reykjavik for a year in the mid-80's....
Iceland is indeed an independent nation, but the USA maintains an
airforce base at Keflavik (which is also where the international airport
is). If US preservation law is applicable on US military
establishments, then any relevant buildings at the Keflavik base could
be protected on that basis.
As an aside... One of the lakes round the back of our house (I lived in
Mossfellsveit, a little to the north of Reykjavik) was, in local
'folklore', the site of extensive dumping of British military
equipment. Local residents of a certain age claimed that when the UK
handed responsibility for the defence of Iceland over to the USA in
WWII, a lot of extraneous material was simply thrown in the lake. I
don't know if anyone's had a look, but there could be some interesting
war archaeology in Iceland...
Alasdair Brooks
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