Digest>Jan/Feb 2021

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In the early morning hours of March 30, 1942, a baby a was born in a lifeboat in 15-foot seas and 25 knot winds after his mother’s ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat about 40 miles due east of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. (author’s collection)
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Story:

150th Anniversary of the First Lighting of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on Dec 16, 2020
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