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Around them, navy patrol boats prowled in crossing patterns, keeping a respectful distance. But then, at 6:30 A.M., the Indy did something unexpected. She halted, as if waiting—but for what, it wasn't exactly clear.<p/> <p>One thousand miles to the east, on an expanse of scrubby desert in New Mexico, a tremendous flash filled the morning sky. It was an explosion of improbable magnitude, vaporizing the 100-foot tower from which it emanated. The searing blast turned the desert sand beneath it into glass. 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Douglas Keeney">L. Douglas Keeney</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111106135650/http://www.commandposts.com/2011/06/">June</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111106135650/http://www.commandposts.com/2011/06/20/">20</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111106135650/http://www.commandposts.com/2011/">2011</a> </dd> <dd class="the-excerpt"><p>June 19, 1944, a formidable Atlantic storm strengthened and started to move toward the coastline of France. With a dark wall bearing furious winds and thundering waves twenty-feet high, it swept across the D-Day beaches of Normandy, casting about like matchsticks the 1,000-ton concrete caissons that formed the perimeter of a temporary harbor built off Omaha Beach. <p/> <p>When the storm subsided and daylight creased the sky June 22, the damage was a sight to see. Mulberry Harbor was gone.<p/><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111106135650/http://www.commandposts.com/2011/06/how-the-storm-that-destroyed-d-day-harbor-inspired-innovation/"> [More...]</a></dd> <dd class="social-media"><div style="float:left;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111106135650/http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="CommandPosts" data-url="https://web.archive.org/web/20111106135650/http://www.commandposts.com/2011/06/how-the-storm-that-destroyed-d-day-harbor-inspired-innovation/" data-text="Just read How the Storm that Destroyed D-Day Harbor Inspired Innovation by L. 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Marine and sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima Man the Rails, as the ship pulls into the New York City harbor May 25. Credit: Lance Cpl. Michael Petersheim, DVIDSHUB. " title="Fleet Week 2011. Marine and sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima Man the Rails, as the ship pulls into the New York City harbor May 25. Credit: Lance Cpl. Michael Petersheim, DVIDSHUB. "/></a></dd> <dt class="post-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111106135650/http://www.commandposts.com/2011/05/the-resolve-of-millions-welded-into-her-hull%e2%80%94uss-new-york-and-fleet-week/">The Resolve of Millions Welded Into Her Hull—USS New York and Fleet Week</a></dt> <dd class="meta">By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111106135650/http://www.commandposts.com/author/l-douglas-keeney/" title="Posts by L. Douglas Keeney">L. 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