Private Island Sold For Chump Change, There’s A Condition In The Contract

WWII

U.S. Navy – Wikimedia Commons

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In 1942, the island was embroiled in a different kind of conflict when Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. We all know what followed. 

As American soldiers swarmed to Europe to help their allies, the Navy built an airfield on Nomans Land’s southern shores. But this wasn’t destined to be a place just for planes to refuel… 

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