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The port was named in honor of Simón Bolívar (1783-1830). Puerto Bolívar during the Ecuador-Peruvian WarDuring the Ecuadorian–Peruvian War, the Peruvian army had established a paratrooper unit and used it to great effect by seizing the Ecuadorian port city of Puerto Bolívar, on July 27, 1941, marking the first time in the Americas that airborne troops were used in combat.[2] See also
References1. ^Municipality of Machala website. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070309172834/http://www.machala.gov.ec/turismo/mapa.html |date=2007-03-09 }} 2. ^The paratroopers were dropped from Italian Caproni Ca.111 bomber-transports. [https://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http://www.arribasiemprearriba.com/Articulos/ParacaidismoEnElPeru.htm&sl=es&tl=en Skydiving in Peru] by General Alberto Thorndike Elmore External links
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