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Ethyl-Dow Kure Beach chemical plant German attack in 1943


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? ....

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