| Seward & World War II | |||
| Troops: | Fort Raymond - June 4, 1941 * Arkansas-based 153rd Infantry Battalion, guarded ships and patrolled the town * 420th Coast Artillery, manned the pillboxes on the beach and furnished the anti-aircraft unit * Two port battalions, the 371st and the 260th * The 203rd Station Hospital Force * the 29th Engineers Battalion December 1942 * Troops from the 267th Coast Artillery (most of whom hailed from Pittsburgh and Baltimore) |
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| Sites: | * the Rocky Point-Caines
Head area 4,650 acres * the Humpy Cove-Thumb Cove area 900 acres * Rugged Island 1,020 acres * Barwell Island 36 acres * Renard (Fox) Island 1,510 acres * Hive Island 225 acres * Cheval Island 330 acres The military used the first four sites for defense; it bypassed Renard, Hive, and Cheval islands. |
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| For more information go to www.nps.gov/kefj/hrs/hrs8b.htm | |||
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