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World War II Home Front Museum, St. Simons Island, GA
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World War II Home Front Museum

Immersive museum in a 1936 Coast Guard station on St. Simons Island, telling how Coastal Georgia contributed to the Allied victory in World War II.

4201 1st Street St. Simons Island, GA 31522 · St. Simons Island, GA

About World War II Home Front Museum

The World War II Home Front Museum, run by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society, sits inside the historic St. Simons Coast Guard Station. Its galleries and interactive exhibits cover local wartime work, including spotting enemy aircraft, training fighter pilots at a nearby naval air station, and building Liberty ships to carry supplies overseas. The museum also presents oral histories and stories of ordinary Americans who supported the war effort. It is one of the sites on the Georgia-wide World War II Heritage Trail.

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  • #military history
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  • #Coast Guard station
  • #St. Simons Island

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