While vacationing in Cape May, New Jersey earlier this year, I stumbled upon the remnants of an old military battery that played a pivotal role in the Cape May Military Reservation.
While vacationing in Cape May, New Jersey earlier this year, I stumbled upon the remnants of an old military battery that played a pivotal role in the Cape May Military Reservation. This was an indispensable part of the Harbor Defense of the Delaware, which, during World War II, served as a sub-post of Fort Miles located in Delaware.
It’s worth noting that the Cape May Military Reservation had originally been a World War I emergency battery between the years 1917 and 1919. In the lead up to America’s entry into World War II, the country’s shore defenses were deemed inadequate. This spurred the development of the Modernization of the Coastal Defense program and led to the construction of batteries along both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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Add Yours →In New Haven Connecticut you can see circular concrete gun platforms atop East Rock and and another elevated location overlooking New Haven Harbor. These each held the WWI version of an anti-aircraft gun. They were manned throughout WWI to discourage Zeppelin attacks by the Germans.
They are so fascinating to me. So many still remain but others have long been buried by the tide and sands.