I wasn’t aware of that. Do you have a link for that information?
“Do you have a link for that information?”
No. I was assigned to Alaska in the mid to late 80’s and we were told about it. The aspect of having quarantine islands is not a new one. These places of quarantine were called “Lazarettos” or “Lazerets.” All were named after Lazarus, the beggar from the Scriptures. The islands often doubled as leper colonies and sometimes penal colonies. The goal of the Lazaret was simple: isolate and quarantine those who were sick—or thought to be sick—until they recovered, or until they died.
There were operative islands as late as the mid 1960’s they would admit to. There was one in San Francisco Bay near Angel Island that was used to delouse immigrants.
Here is a short list of islands that different countries admitted to:
http://listverse.com/2013/02/24/10-quarantine-islands-and-lazarettos/
The first of the islands being used near Japan started during the Korean conflict and went forward from there. To my knowledge, most of the active islands used for quarantine were not admitted about during their use.
rwood