FBI agents dug up explosives and German uniforms in Ponte Vedra, Florida where Nazi saboteur Edward Kerling identified the spot that his team had buried after coming ashore as part of Operation Pastorius in June 1942. Operation Pastorius was the first German landing on U.S. soil in WWII. [1422×1262]
Just throwing this out there: if you’re going to sneak into another country during a war with an intent to act as a saboteur…maybe don’t bring your uniform?
This is one of my favorite stories out of wwii. The Germans landed a few submarines on the east coast to drop off soldiers that would sabotage infrastructure and sew panic in the American home land.
One sub landed German troops on the shore of amagansett, Long Island. A single American soldier (might have been coast guard) on patrol along the beach heard the subs engine and he smelled the diesel exhaust.
He ran back to his outpost, alerted everyone, and they ended up finding munitions and other items buried in the sand.
There’s a good book all about this called “Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America.”
Kosame_Furu
When did this photo take place?
tovarish22
Just throwing this out there: if you’re going to sneak into another country during a war with an intent to act as a saboteur…maybe don’t bring your uniform?
Beeninya
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pastorius
Zazzseltzer2
This is one of my favorite stories out of wwii. The Germans landed a few submarines on the east coast to drop off soldiers that would sabotage infrastructure and sew panic in the American home land.
One sub landed German troops on the shore of amagansett, Long Island. A single American soldier (might have been coast guard) on patrol along the beach heard the subs engine and he smelled the diesel exhaust.
He ran back to his outpost, alerted everyone, and they ended up finding munitions and other items buried in the sand.
There’s a good book all about this called “Saboteurs: The Nazi Raid on America.”