Martha's Vineyard World War Two | Vineyard Gazette

Experimental Base a Well-Kept Secret

Vineyard Gazette | Friday, August 31 1945 - 9:17am

The well-kept secret of the Army's experimental base at Katama during the fall and early winter of 1943 is disclosed at last, in this issue of the Gazette. Ten miles of heavy pipe were delivered, with other equipment, beginning in August, and during the following months five one-mile lengths of pipe were laid in the ocean with the aid of tugs, and welded together into an experimental pipeline under conditions similar to those which would be encountered in laying a gasoline supply line under the English Channel.

Navy Origins Anchor Island Airport

Eighty years ago, while World War II was raging in Europe, the military carved 683 acres out of the state forest on the Vineyard to create the United States Naval Auxiliary Facility.

Nelson Bryant, Acclaimed Outdoor Writer Who Jumped Into Normandy, Dies at 96

The celebrated New York Times outdoor columnist and paratrooper who parachuted into Normandy during World War II, died Saturday.

Army Corps Confirms Recovery of Long-Buried World War II Bomber

A team of munitions surveyors from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed the discovery of a World War II-vintage Helldiver buried off Chappaquiddick.

Secret History of Martha's Vineyard During World War II

With the recent discovery of World War II-era bomber buried at Cape Pogue, the clandestine history of the Island’s involvement in World War II has come to the surface too.

Mayday on Martha's Vineyard

Excerpted from Martha’s Vineyard in World War II by Thomas Dresser, Herb Foster and Jay Schofield, an account by airman Joseph McLaughlin after flying over Vineyard waters during training exercises.

World War II Bomber Found Buried at Cape Pogue

Researchers believe they have found fragments from a World War II-era bomber plane that crash-landed in the frigid waters off Chappaquiddick during a doomed practice dive in the winter of 1946.