The 6888th left the United States on February 3, 1945, sailing on and arriving in Glasgow on February 12. Île de France encountered several German U-boats on the trip, forcing the ship to take evasive maneuvers. The same day the battalion was transported by train to Birmingham., on 15 February, the battalion was inspected and marched in review before Lt. Gen.
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The second Pan American Games opened on March 12, 1955, in the University Stadium (now Olympic Stadium) in Mexico City, Mexico, in front of a capacity crowd of 100,000 spectators. A total number of 2,583 athletes from 22 nations marched in review and formed ranks upon the infield. The nations paraded into the stadium in Spanish alphabetical order: Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Mexico.The History of the Pan American Games Curtis Ray Emery, 1964Jornal dos Sports (1955) (in Portuguese) The hot sun, combined with the high altitude, caused two members of the U.S. team to collapse.
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