Long-debated story of WWII U-boat attack on North Carolina finally gets its due

One of the most disputed moments of North Carolina history centers on whether a Nazi U-boat attacked a chemical plant near Kure Beach during World War II.

Witnesses swore it happened on the night of July 25, 1943, but wartime censorship long kept it from being confirmed.

On Thursday, March 12, an historical marker is being erected at the site the “incident,” and it makes a case that the attack was real and has been unjustly ignored…

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