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  2. Sandy Hook - Wikipedia

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    Sandy Hook, part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. Sandy Hook is a barrier spit in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. [3] The barrier spit, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) in length and varying from 0.1 to 1.0 mile (0.16 to 1.61 km) wide, is located at the north end of the Jersey Shore.

  3. 'Last line of defense': Cold War reheats at Nike missile ...

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    Richard Griffith, one of the volunteers and tour guides for the Nike missile base museum at Sandy Hook's Fort Hancock, talks about restoring an old missile as Bill Jackson looks on.

  4. List of Nike missile sites - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of Nike missile sites operated by the United States Army.This article lists sites in the United States, most responsible to Army Air Defense Command; however, the Army also deployed Nike missiles to Europe as part of the NATO alliance, with sites being operated by both American and European military forces.

  5. Project Nike - Wikipedia

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    A Nike Ajax missile accidentally exploded at a battery in Leonardo, New Jersey on 22 May 1958, killing six soldiers and four civilians. A memorial can be found at Fort Hancock in the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area. [2]

  6. Gunnison Beach - Wikipedia

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    The Sandy Hook Proving Ground, the first of its kind in the nation, operated at Fort Hancock / Sandy Hook from 1874 to 1919. The U.S. Army manned Fort Hancock as a Coast Artillery post from 1890 to 1948. It was then armed with conventional anti-aircraft guns from 1950 to 1954, when it became the site of a Nike missile defense installation. [4]

  7. Inside a Sandy Hook Father's Fight to Help Bring Down Alex ...

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    On Friday, Dec. 14, 2012, Robbie Parker’s world imploded when his 6-year-old daughter, Emilie, was among 20 first graders and 6 educators who were killed in one of the worst mass shootings in U ...

  8. Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic ...

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    Sandy Hook Proving Ground was founded in 1874 for the testing and development of artillery. It served in this role until 1918-19, a period which included the nation's rise to a position of global power. Weapons developed here were deployed for use both as coastal defenses elsewhere in the United States, and by the United States Army for field ...

  9. Hartshorne Woods Park - Wikipedia

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    The Air Force closed its installation in 1966. The Army continued to operate HAADS through 1974 to support Nike missile batteries throughout the region, including some which were later revealed by historians at nearby Sandy Hook recreation area to carry nuclear warheads.