Bluie West One airfield was built on a glacial moraine at what is now the village of Narsarsuaq, near the southern tip of Greenland. Construction by the U.S. Army began in June 1941 with the Army's Greenland force consisting of a battalion less one company of the 21st Engineers (AVN) reinforced by a 62d Coast Artillery (AA) composite battery landed from USS Munargo and USAT Chateau Thierry in July 1941.