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Why did the air patrol not include puerto rico and the virgin islands

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This is because both Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands were unincorporated territories of the United States with the U.S president as head of State. There was no need to patrol Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as the U.S blockade was against Cuba, not against the two U.S territories. They basically had nothing to do with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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