Just Got Back From Fort Fisher (It's Role in WW II)

Liz and I were on vacation to North Carolina the last ten days for a family reunion and a mini vacation at Carolina Beach.  Right down the road (US-421) from Carolina Beach is Kure Beach and on the south end of that is my favorite Civil War site and the reason I got interested in that war and history in general, Fort Fisher.

Though best known for its role in the Civil War, Fort Fisher also served as an auxiliary camp for Camp Davis in training anti-aircraft gun troops.  Planes would tow targets out over the Atlantic Ocean.  Unfortunately, some of the fort was removed to make an airstrip for those planes.  WASPs pulled those targets.

The Fort Fisher Museum has a display on the fort's role in World War II.

--GreGen