South Beach Today

ID: 655 ~ Source: Greg Dunlap. South Beach. Flickr, July 5, 2008. https://www.flickr.com/photos/heyrocker/2643587831/in/album-72157606021704685/ ~ Creator: Greg Dunlap ~ Date: July 5, 2008

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Modern photograph of South Beach, the beach assaulted by the liberators. The driftwood seen in this photo were cleared in preparation for the assault.

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Operation Sea Wall – The 1961 Mock Invasion of San Juan Island

By Zion Flores

In 1961, over a century after the events of the Pig War, San Juan Island was once again the site of military action. Rather than a tense standoff between two nations, the occasion this time was a military exercise—named “Sea Wall”—conducted by the…