Author: Dr. Gary Wray
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439617147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Fort Miles is in Cape Henlopen State Park near historic Lewes and the site of Delawares first Dutch settlement. Named for Gen. Nelson Appleton Miles, this powerful seacoast fortification was built during World War II to defend the vital industries of the Delaware Valley. Included in this volume are rare vintage photographs of the forts heavy artillery, hundreds of 3,000-pound sea mines, and radar systems that searched the nearby ocean for the enemy surface fleet. Its powerful 12- and 16-inch guns could reach out between 15 and 25 miles to attack an adversary. Today, the fort is being reborn as one of the best World War II museums in the country; it is housed in a real World War II bunker and includes the barracks complex and fire control towers.
Fort Miles
Author: Dr. Gary Wray
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439617147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Fort Miles is in Cape Henlopen State Park near historic Lewes and the site of Delawares first Dutch settlement. Named for Gen. Nelson Appleton Miles, this powerful seacoast fortification was built during World War II to defend the vital industries of the Delaware Valley. Included in this volume are rare vintage photographs of the forts heavy artillery, hundreds of 3,000-pound sea mines, and radar systems that searched the nearby ocean for the enemy surface fleet. Its powerful 12- and 16-inch guns could reach out between 15 and 25 miles to attack an adversary. Today, the fort is being reborn as one of the best World War II museums in the country; it is housed in a real World War II bunker and includes the barracks complex and fire control towers.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439617147
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Fort Miles is in Cape Henlopen State Park near historic Lewes and the site of Delawares first Dutch settlement. Named for Gen. Nelson Appleton Miles, this powerful seacoast fortification was built during World War II to defend the vital industries of the Delaware Valley. Included in this volume are rare vintage photographs of the forts heavy artillery, hundreds of 3,000-pound sea mines, and radar systems that searched the nearby ocean for the enemy surface fleet. Its powerful 12- and 16-inch guns could reach out between 15 and 25 miles to attack an adversary. Today, the fort is being reborn as one of the best World War II museums in the country; it is housed in a real World War II bunker and includes the barracks complex and fire control towers.
Fort Miles
Author: Elizabeth Ross
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Coast defenses
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Design
Author:
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Engineer
Author:
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Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
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Category : Military engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Report
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2088
Book Description
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2088
Book Description
Soldiers
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1276
Book Description
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.: 1802-1840
Author: George Washington Cullum
Publisher:
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Category : Military education
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military education
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y., from Its Establishment ... 1802, to the Army Re-organization of 1866, 67. By ... G. W. Cullum
Author: United States Military Academy (WEST POINT)
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
The Fante and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Author: Rebecca Shumway
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580464785
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The first book-length history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the Atlantic slave trade. Specifically, this volume provides a historical framework for the relationship between Ghana's coastal forts and castles and local African societies during this complex period.
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1580464785
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The first book-length history of the Fante people of southern Ghana during the Atlantic slave trade. Specifically, this volume provides a historical framework for the relationship between Ghana's coastal forts and castles and local African societies during this complex period.