Fort De Soto Fort De Soto Park

View from the sea

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[View of fort from the sea]

From the sea, an enemy would have seen only a mound of sand covered with scrubby grass. But under tons of sand were concrete walls that were several feet thick!

[View showing thick walls] [Another view showing thick walls]

  
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