📜Historical Events1940s
Did you know this about the Jersey Shore?
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Did You Know?
German U-boats sank over 100 ships off the Jersey Shore during WWII. Debris from the SS Morro Castle, torpedoed near Long Beach Island, still lies on the ocean floor.
More Historical Events
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Lieutenant George Meade designed the Barnegat Lighthouse in 1857. Six years later, he would lead Union forces to victory at Gettysburg.
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During the Cold War, Sandy Hook housed nuclear missiles at Nike Site NY-56, part of the defense ring protecting New York City.
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During WWII, the U.S. Army used Island Beach as a rocket testing facility, firing experimental anti-aircraft missiles over the Atlantic Ocean from 1942-1945.
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