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    Fort Story and Cape Henry
    Fort Story and Cape Henry
    Fort Story and Cape Henry
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    Fort Story and Cape Henry

    By Fielding Lewis Tyler

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    On April 26, 1607, the English colonists anchored at the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay and came ashore to the historic piece of land they named Cape Henry. Then, in 1917, a military post was established and fortified to protect the southern portion of the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay during World War I; it was named Fort Story. Expanded and heavily fortified to meet the demands of the Second World War, the post served as a principal installation for the Harbor Defenses of Chesapeake Bay. The big guns fell silent after that conflict, and the post became the Home of Army Amphibians with over-the-beach operations. Today Fort Story continues to provide a superb training installation for the Army Transportation Corps and Special Operations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateAug 10, 2005
    ISBN9781439613009
    Fort Story and Cape Henry
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    Fielding Lewis Tyler

    Photographs in Fort Story and Cape Henry come largely from the author�s own collection in addition to the Old Coast Guard Station and the Public Affairs Office at Fort Story. Fielding Lewis Tyler is a native of Virginia Beach and is currently the executive director of the Old Coast Guard Station. He is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute and retired from the United States Army as an Infantry officer. In addition to three combat tours in Vietnam, he has served in a wide variety of duty stations.

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