1.   The Caribbean facility is the only location in the eastern United States where the Navy and Marines practice combined amphibious landings, aerial attacks and naval gunfire support.

2.   The Gambier Bay is the only U.S. carrier in World War II to be sunk by naval gunfire.

3.   U.S. GIs advance slowly, supported by Marine Corps fighter planes and naval gunfire.

4.   Puerto Rican researchers have linked naval gunfire, along with pollutants released during military exercises, to heart disease and other health problems among some Vieques residents.

5.   Puerto Rican researchers have linked Naval gunfire, along with pollutants released during military exercises, to heart disease and other health problems found in Vieques residents.

6.   Puerto Rican researchers have linked heart disease and other health problems found among Vieques residents to naval gunfire and pollutants released during military exercises.

7.   They will use the waters off Puerto Rico to do other training, but they will not be able to use Vieques for practice bombing and naval gunfire training.