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Fort Fisher to mark 80th year since end of World War II
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Members of the 559th AAA in Europe pose with their 40mm Bofors Gun after training at Fort Fisher.
Photo: Courtesy N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural ResourcesFort Fisher State Historic Site has scheduled a daylong living history event for Saturday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of World War II ending.
The program begins at 9 a.m. Saturday with a military vehicle convoy that will travel from Fort Fisher to Kure Beach and back.
A full event schedule is available on Fort Fisher State Historic Site’s website and social media.
During World War II, antiaircraft artillery soldiers trained at the site on various weaponry starting in October 1941 to prepare for deployment.