TIL in early 1942 the Battle of Los Angeles was fought, with an hour-long barrage of anti-aircraft artillery fired from the city against a perceived Japanese invasion. The cause: a stray weather balloon. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by McKFC t3_10tsv68 on February 4, 2023 at 10:11 PM in todayilearned 41 comments 401
justgot86d t1_j79eios wrote on February 5, 2023 at 2:14 AM The peak of the "West Coast Warscare" Preceded by the bombardment of the Ellwood oil refinery The internment of Japanese Americans would be initiated shortly after Permalink 1
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