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Nazi Invaders Land At Mulford

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Peter Koper

Peter Koper

a movie and TV writer and producer

a movie and TV writer and producer

wrote

wrote "Nazi Invasion of the Hamptons

" from which a staged reading will be given on June 11 to benefit the Amagansett Life Saving Station restoration. VIRGINIA GARRISON

The Amagansett Life Saving Station.

The Amagansett Life Saving Station.

George Dasch

George Dasch

the saboteurs' leader and

the saboteurs' leader and "a con man who got conned

" as Peter Koper put it.

The Nazi saboteurs.

The Nazi saboteurs.

By Virginia Garrison on May 31, 2011
Sixty-nine years ago, four Nazi saboteurs landed on an Amagansett beach hoping to wreak havoc in the United States. A young Coast Guardsman stumbled on them in the fog, then... more

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