By Michael A. Hamilton and George W. Contant at Delaware Beach Life
During the Cold War, the Cape Henlopen installation played a vital security role. The role of the iconic concrete towers along Delaware’s coast and the artillery gun emplacements at Fort Miles during World War II is well known to most residents of the area. Spotters in the towers helped direct gunners on the cape in aiming the giant cannons during firing exercises that kept them ready to protect the vital entrance to the Delaware Bay and River.
But few residents and visitors know that Fort Miles continued to play an important role – though a more secret one – in the years after World War II, during what is called the Cold War. Read more…
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