World War II in Fort Pierce
Few Florida communities felt the impact of World War II as much as the Atlantic-coast town of Fort Pierce. With a population that soared along with its economy, the small city made an important contribution to Allied victory by hosting a major military training base. Prior to that, the war had come only as close as the German submarines stalking targets off the southern coast of the peninsula. In 1943, however, the U.S. Navy commissioned its newestamphibious training base in Fort Pierce, and tens of thousands of young men would eventually prepare for combat on the town,s sunny shores. The intensive physical and mental training was hardly ,a…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4396-2693-1
- EAN: 9781439626931
- Produktnummer: 28034376
- Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
- Seitenangabe: 0 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 52'259 KB
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