WILMINGTON — Katharine Iredell Harriss Byers, 95 of Wilmington NC, passed away Monday November 13, 2023, peacefully at her home. Katharine was the daughter of…
The rounds landed in the Cape Fear River near Brunswick County.
I believe this happened, and thus was the only German military attack on America during World War II.
Officials blanked the media, never providing facts. Public rumors persisted. It took post-war chance and persistence to divulge this remarkable story.
Reaction gathered believers and skeptics, from “sure” to “mythology,” enlivening speculative interpretations: It did, or did not.
Following our interviews and site tours, John Hanc, writing for the New York Times (2016) and Smithsonianmag.com (2017), offered mediation. Weighing the yeas, nays, could-bes, and maybe-nots, he skewed probable.
Otherwise, internet references and media re-writes appear primarily sourcing analysis in my 2003 book, A Sentimental Journey. Anything new out there?