Sania Ramel Airport welcomed him and Franco assumed command of the Spanish Army in Morocco. They held an improvised conference around the plane. The most important contribution of the Sania Ramel airfield to the Nationalist war effort during the Spanish Civil War was its role in the airlift that flew most of the Army of Africa into mainland Spain. It was the world's first long-range combat airlift. At that time, the rebels in Spanish Morocco were being blocked by the Spanish fleet which remained mostly loyal to the government and the Army of Africa, the only professional army in Spain, was key to
Guillaume de Ramel Island Hospital's Norman Prince Neuroscience Institute ("NPNI"). The Institute was launched in 2010, when de Ramel led his family to gift $15 million, the largest gift in Rhode Island Hospital's history. The Institute has been featured in Providence Business News and lauded by Lifespan CEO and President, Timothy Babineau, as having "an opportunity to create a world-class neurosciences program here in Rhode Island." As the sole trustee of The de Ramel Foundation, Guillaume has directed grants and donations to a number of community, non-profit and social service organizations in Rhode Island, including: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, Rhode