War in Paradise: World War II in Florida
THE LODGE AT WAKULLA SPRINGS 550 WAKULLA PARK DR, WAKULLA SPRINGS, FLSpeaker: Eliot Kleinberg Date: May 16, 2023 Time: 7:00pm In the first weeks after Pearl Harbor pulled America into a two-front war, Germany’s UBoats worked with impunity. Off Florida alone, they sank 24 ships. The state became an armed camp. Hotels turned into barracks, and hospitals, bases and airfields increased from 8 to 172 by 1943. The sleepy …