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Within weeks of Pearl Harbor, German U-boats arrived off the Delaware coast and attacked numerous ships along the vital shipping lanes to Philadelphia and Wilmington. On February 28, 1942, two German torpedoes hit the destroyer Jacob Jones, which was carrying more than one hundred American sailors. It sank in less than an hour. A center for military activity, Lewes became a refuge for many survivors from such attacks. The dunes along Cape Henlopen hid the massive artillery batteries of Fort Miles. Residents of the beachfront communities rallied amid the blackout regulations and air raid drills with rationing and scrap drives. Spotters watched for enemy warships in concrete towers that still line the coast. Author Michael Morgan tells the remarkable story of a coast at war.
About the Author
Michael Morgan has been writing free-lance newspaper articles on the history of the mid-Atlantic region for over three decades. He is the author of the "Delaware Diary" which appears weekly in the Delaware Coast Press and the "Sussex Journal" which is a weekly feature of The Wave. Morgan has also published articles in The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Magazine, Chesapeake Bay Magazine, Civil War Times, World War II Magazine, America's Civil War and other national publications. Morgan is the author of six books on the coastal region: Pirates and Patriots, Tales of the Delaware Coast, Rehoboth Beach, A History of Surf and Sand, Bethany Beach, A Brief History, Going Down the Ocean, A Brief History of Ocean City, Maryland, Civil War Delaware. and Hidden History of Lewes. His latest book, Patty Cannon: The Devil on the Nanticoke, will be released in the spring of 2015.Morgan is a retired high school history teacher who holds a Master's degree in history. A former member of the interpretive staff at Fort McHenry National Monument, he served as the 1st Sergeant of the Fort McHenry Guard, a living history unit dedicated to the War of 1812. A frequent lecturer in the coastal region, Morgan's look at history is marked by a lively, storytelling style that has made his writing and lectures popular.
