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The United States Naval Amphibious Training Base at Fort Pierce in St. Lucie County was commissioned on 26 January 1943 as an “Invasion Cradle” to train a joint force in amphibious warfare. The county’s beaches matched the heavy surf conditions faced during invasions of fortress Europe and the Pacific Theatre. More than 140,00 men trained there under Capt. C. Gulbranson, whose motto was “One Force, One Fight, One Foe.” The base trained scouts and raiders, Naval Combat Demolition Units, Underwater Demolition Teams, Beach Battalions, Attack Boat crews, Amphibious Truck crews, and Sea Bees, before being decommissioned on 2 February 1946.
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