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  1. 1 day ago · Chief Commander of the Legion of Merit (United States) Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, GCB , GCSI , GCIE , CMG , MC , PC (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded in the Second ...

  2. 1 day ago · The following year, the colony was abandoned in favor of a nearby islet on the coast, named Puerto Rico (Rich Port), which had a suitable harbor. In 1511, a second settlement, San Germán was established in the southwestern part of the island. During the 1520s, the island took the name of Puerto Rico while the port became San Juan.