<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, kuna watu ambao wanaamini kwamba Mfereji wa Panama una umuhimu mkubwa wa kimkakati, hasa kwa jeshi. Baba yangu alikuwa katika Vita vya Pili vya Ulimwengu, na kama mhandisi wa ujenzi, walimpa kazi ya kuwa nahodha ikiwa angeweza kwenda na kusaidia katika ulinzi wa Mfereji wa Panama.  <response>: well there are those that that that think that that that the Panama Canal has some considerable strategic importance particularly for the military interestingly enough my father was who was in World War Two and as uh as a civil engineer they they they offered him a commission as a captain if he would uh go in and and uh help with the defenses of the Panama Canal he had worked with United Fruit Company 