Record #:

10955

Author(s):

Moore, Sally G.

Abstract:

In the spring of 1942, German submarines controlled the waters off North Carolina with 52 known sinkings. The attacks were so severe that the army decided to install guns at Cape Lookout. However, the guns got stuck in the sand, and even with modern equipment, the army could not budge them. Moore recounts how Denard Davis of the nearby village of Davis moved the guns.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 35 Issue 22, Apr 1968, p8-10, il

Subject(s):

Cape Lookout--History; Submarine warfare--Cape Lookout