Fort Hancock Day 2019

Sandy Hook – It may have been Oct. 13, 2019 to the rest of the world, but visitors to Battery Gunnison/New Peck were transported back to October 1943 by members of the volunteer Army Ground Forces Association to mark Fort Hancock Day. Volunteers painstakingly recreated the life of a U.S. Army Coast Artillery soldier manning six inch guns in defense of New York Harbor. Attendees were shown how a hostile ship could be spotted, tracked and targeted up to approximately ten miles away, how ammunition was stored and the machine shop where replacement parts could be made to quickly repair vital equipment.