Another defense that was used to protect soldiers and civilians from the Cold War hostilities was Fort Tilden, which is in the Queens borough of New York (40°33’42.2″N 73°53’43.2″W). This base was established in 1917, as a “harbor defense of New York.”[1] In the Fort Tilden guidebook, Christina Selvek wrote that Fort Tilden was originally …
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