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Showing posts with label Florida during WWII. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida during WWII. Show all posts
Thursday, August 5, 2021

Pearl Harbor spurs Broward County and Fort Lauderdale defenses for WWII

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  Fort Lauderdale Beach 1941  State of Florida Archives By Jane Feehan The focus on Fort Lauderdale and Broward County war relief efforts fo...
Sunday, May 9, 2021

Deadliest Florida maritime incident of WWII off Jupiter

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Gulfland burning off Jupiter 1943 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory   By Jane Feehan From 1942 to 1943, German U-boats sank more than 60...
Monday, March 15, 2021

German U-Boat close enough to see Miami Beach sunbathers 1943

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  Tanker Republic hit by German sub off Jupiter 1942 Florida State Archives/Florida Memory First deployed during the Russo-Japanese War in 1...
Friday, February 19, 2021

"The American Shooting Season" of WWII: HMS Tanker "Eclipse" torpedoed off Florida

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HMS Eclipse (Creative Commons) By Jane Feehan         German U-Boats were not an uncommon sight off Florida's coast during  World War II...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Tourism in 1942 Fort Lauderdale : Jungle Queen, horseback riding and ...

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  Abeona - Everglades cruises  Florida State Archives  1942 The "season" of 1942 went into full swing in Fort Lauderdale, despite...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Lustron House: Solution to post WWII housing comes to Fort Lauderdale

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Lustron house in Fort Lauderdale By Jane Feehan A housing shortage affected the nation—and South Florida—after World War II. A...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Dooley's coffin nails - building ships for WWII in Broward County

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Fort Lauderdale beach today By Jane Feehan Thousands of military trained in South Florida in preparation for World War II,...
Monday, August 19, 2013

A carload of plaster and a bit of screen: Dark days for South Florida builders during WWII

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Fort Lauderdale 1948 Florida State Archives By Jane Feehan One carload of plaster, and screening for five houses was available in Florida...