We just got back from our Duck Vacation. I saw your video before we went, and now it's great to see it again Afterwards. I was glad to know the Significance of this part of World History. I would recommend a Duck Vacation to anyone... thanks again 🌊🌊🌊

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you enjoyed the video. Duck is a wonderful place. I will be going back in July.

Great History...thanks

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you for the information.

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you liked it.

I love, love, LOVE Duck NC!

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

Duck is fun.

Wow, thanks for informing, I'mma spend my vacation there soon, it won't be out of benefit to be aware of this!!!!

@HistoricForrest

Жыл бұрын

Have a great time.

Sunset Grill, great drinks, lousy food. Duck Deli, best BBQ around. I've seen, on many occasions, people walking out with 5 or $600 worth of sandwiches.

WoW, I don't even recogize it anymore. Used to build housed in Corolla when It was just a dirt road from Duck.

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

That was a few years ago. Now the road is nice, but gets crowded on the weekends in the summer.

@OBXLOVER

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistoricForrest 1986.

Oh wow, very interesting...I stumbled across your video while looking for something else but thought I'd ask - do you know there are so many low flying military planes around the area? My husband and I were staying at an air bnb pretty close to the beach (Kitty Hawk) and I heard a rumble, looked out the window and saw a Chinook? (from my research) flying so so close to the house. It freaked me out a bit! I see a lot of people talking about this but no one says what they're doing. Is it just training, do you know?

@HistoricForrest

Жыл бұрын

The Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard have bases in Virginia and North Carolina. They do training flights up and down the coast all the time. If you see Coast Guard over water, is usually a search effort for some one.

@nicktheveganchick

Жыл бұрын

@@HistoricForrest Oh okay, thank you! Makes sense!

Where exactly is the bombing range in Duck? Was there for the first time last year and never noticed anything.

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

The bombing range was on the North side of Duck. Where the fire station is and where the Army Corp of Engineers has all of the signs up warning not to go on government land.

Going there in early September, wondering what will the weather be like 😳

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

Early September is still warm most of the time, but not real hot like the summer. The rain is always un-predictable. Over all I would say the weather is good that time of year.

@Marchautowerks

2 жыл бұрын

Off season is the best season!

@classicallymodern6261

2 жыл бұрын

It will be absolutely beautiful

Well Duck is certainly a wonderful place, last I checked we had less than 400 full time residents. Everyone is aware of the bombing range that now has a cable around its perimeter. For a long time, anyone could walk onto the range, the group managing the pier allowed visitors and surfers to park up by the pier. The Duck pier was a wave magnet for larger ocean swells, I would meet local surfers who I hadn't seen in years after hurricanes, when the waves were massive and we all used the pier to paddle out into the swells. The story goes a group of out-of-town surfers damaged some exposed equipment and a move was made to limit access erecting the perimeter cable. I am only aware of one local who lost some fingers to exposed ordinance. However, constructing homes around the range has turned up many antique Laurel & Hardy type explosives. Large 16 to 18" ordnance with 4 tail fins and a front charge triggered by a button style point. It was exactly this point charge responsible for blowing off by buddy's fingers. Normally we would fine a few of these bombs excavating or digging pilings into the sand. The most we ever recovered was 11 under one house. Today, the coyotes appear to have claimed the range as home, once I observed a Bobcat, more often many deer. We have all heard many stories of how much ordinance is buried on the range and occasionally there is a sweep of the range, one time turning up an old tripod machine gun. (maybe legend) Today our town police and fire station are on Army Corp. donated land.

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great information. If you ever want to be in a follow up video let me know.

How is the water temperature in late may?

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

Right now the water temperature is about 60 degrees. By late may it will be chilly, but you can swim in it. I do not know what the temperature will be.

@AJBROWNPRODS

2 жыл бұрын

@@HistoricForrest thank you

navy duck 1959 / 60 my shore duty

@HistoricForrest

6 ай бұрын

I bet you have some great stories about being stationed there.

Just wait until you meet the locals, you will never go back.

Its friendly, until they tow your car away.

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that.

Duck, where the pretentious people meet.

NO OFFENSE BUT IF YOU ARE ADVERTISING THE CITY OF DUCK,N.C.AS A TOURISM AND BEACH LOCATION AND WARNING PEOPLE OF POTENTIAL EXPLOSIVES ON LAND FROM OLD NAVY PRACTICES THEN WHY WOULD YOU THINK PEOPLE WILL COME THERE OR VACATION THERE.

@HistoricForrest

2 жыл бұрын

I am not advertising. I am telling people the history and maybe preventing someone from getting hurt. One person left a comment on this video that his buddy lost three fingers to a piece of unexploded ordnance that he messed with instead of reporting it. Duck is a great place. Just stay off the bombing range.

@sunshinenbacon9448

2 жыл бұрын

Why are you yelling

@HighPriestessofSoul

Жыл бұрын

This is kind of cool I think. We’re staying pretty close to there and wondered what the Army Corps of Engineers signage was about. You can look out at the area from the nearby access. Gonna check it out (as safely as possible) in the AM. Glad for the video. Super interesting history.