If the pen is mightier than the sword, could a brush be more powerful than a gun?
Strategically nestled in the dunes of Cape Henlopen State Park, Fort Miles was once a crucial part of the domestic naval defense network along the Eastern Seaboard during World War II. A man by the name of Howard Schroeder, drafted 11 months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the United States’ subsequent entry into the war, found himself stationed at the fort throughout the conflict. His depictions of life at the now-decommissioned military base have become world-famous.
