World War II Operation Pastorius / St. Johns County

World War II Operation Pastorius / St. Johns County (HM12WI)

Location: Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 St Johns County
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Country: United States of America
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N 30° 14.529', W 81° 22.72'

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Nazi Saboteurs Landed Here

World War II Operation Pastorius
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On the night of June 16, 1942, German U-boat U-584 landed four trained Nazi agents here dressed as American civilians. After burying four boxes containing explosives and incendiaries in the sand, they boarded a bus en route to New York to rendezvous with another team of saboteurs.??? Two members of the New York team betrayed the operation to the FBI. All were apprehended, tried and convicted. The informers went to prison and the others were electrocuted on August 8, 1942.

St. Johns County
On July 21, 1821, Major General Jackson, Florida's first Territorial Governor, established St. Johns County, with St. Augustine as the county seat. It contained all of Florida east of the Suwannee River, approximately 39,400 square miles, with over 1,100 miles of coastline. Since 1821, more than 2/3 of Florida's present 67 counties have been carved from St. Johns County's original boundaries reducing our County to 609 square miles.
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HM NumberHM12WI
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Marker NumberF-326
Year Placed1989
Placed ByThe Beaches Area Historical Society, Inc. In Cooperation With The Florida Department of State
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 20th, 2014 at 10:31am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 463567 N 3345678
Decimal Degrees30.24215000, -81.37866667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 14.529', W 81° 22.72'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 14' 31.74" N, 81° 22' 43.20" W
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Area Code(s)904, 386
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 227-245 County Rd 203, Ponte Vedra Beach FL 32082, US
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