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WHEELUS: AN AMERICAN TOWN IN LIBYA.

From its opening in 1943 until its closure in 1970, Wheelus Air Force base provided a full home away from home for thousands of Americans in the Kingdom of Libya. At one period, the largest US military facility outside the US, Wheelus housed up to 15,000 Americans and offered its residents a high school, the largest military hospital outside the US, a shopping mall, a multiplex cinema, a bowling alley, restaurants, a beach club, and its own radio and TV station. Explore life at Wheelus, and the reminiscences of the Americans who came of age in this microcosm of American life in Libya.