Lakehurst
Americannoun
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A German security officer finds a bomb on the zeppelin as it prepares to dock at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2019
Adjacent Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station in Ocean County, where the helium-filled airship Hindenburg crashed and burned in 1937, was purchased in 1921 by the Navy from the Army.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 24, 2017
On August 7, 2012, it made its first test flight, at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, in Lakehurst, New Jersey, the same field where the Hindenburg exploded.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 29, 2016
It will launch from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey, not the town of Lakehurst, N.J.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2012
The journey had begun on August 7, when the Zeppelin had slipped its tethers in Lakehurst, New Jersey, lifted up with a long, slow sigh, and headed for Manhattan.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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