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I never knew this. My dad was a riveter at Plant 2. RB Cancer fighter (Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma) since 2009, now fighting Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. | |||
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Never knew that. This is so cool! NRA Certified instructor, and Range Safety officer OpSpec Training http://opspectraining.com Grayguns - http://grayguns.com | |||
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| Freethinker |
Thank you for a tidbit of WW II history I was not aware of. Things like that are a reminder of how serious the Japanese threat was viewed during the war. Today most people are completely ignorant of such things. If they know anything at all, it’s how the Americans of Japanese descent were mistreated, but have no knowledge of the very real fears that led to that program. I just finished reading the book Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy. One of the stories that struck me was about one of the women who was involved in breaking the Japanese naval codes. Years later she told a woman of a later generation about one particularly successful effort that led to the sinking of a Japanese shipping convoy. The younger woman’s response was shock and criticism of the fact that Japanese sailors had been killed as a result. ► 6.4/93.6 “It is a habit of mankind to entrust to careless hope what they long for, and to use sovereign reason to thrust aside what they do not desire.” — Thucydides; quoted by Victor Davis Hanson, The Second World Wars | |||
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I don’t recall reading about any Japanese recon flights or bombing flights over CONUS. A bunch of balloons were launched carrying incendiary devices some of which apparently made it to the mainland and started a few fires. Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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There was planning of various bits, but too little, too late. The bio attack on San Diego would have been particularly bad. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...#Operational_history -- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. JALLEN 10/18/18 https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...610094844#7610094844 | |||
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Very cool. Reminds me of all the rubber blow-up tanks and trucks they had to fool the Germans and the troops wearing patches of “ghost divisions” who were sent to pubs and other public places in England for the German spies to observe and report on. | |||
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posted March 13, 2018 09:10 PM Hide Post quote: Originally posted by JALLEN: I don’t recall reading about any Japanese recon flights or bombing flights over CONUS. A bunch of balloons were launched carrying incendiary devices some of which apparently made it to the mainland and started a few fires. One of those balloons actually landed in a farmers field in Timnath CO. I just moved to this town 6 months ago and learned about that. I always enjoy learning new things about WW2. Thanks for the information on the Boeing plants. | |||
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Japanese submarines bombarded a couple of locations along our west coast and a sub launched sea plane actually dropped some incendiary bombs over Oregon: https://www.history.com/news/h...-during-world-war-ii I had a relative who worked at the Boeing plant during the war and mentioned the factory story to me, which I later read about in a book about Boeing. "Also I heard the voice of the Lord saying who shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, here am I, send me." | |||
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This is really cool to learn about. But somehow I think even the Japanese would think a town built right next to a huge airport in 1940's would be a little suspect. | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
One of them was found near my hometown in NW MT...albeit 20 years before it was my hometown. https://www.greatfallstribune....-kalispell/82726198/ Another was found just a few years ago up in BC. The Canadian military blew it up real good. Apparently a pregnant woman and five kids were killed by one in Oregon during the war. The only known casualties from the operation. ETA: Turns out a bunch more were found in MT. http://garyglynn.com/wordpress...-in-western-montana/ Documented sightings:  ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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The Japanese balloon assault was not very successful because the season when the winds were favorable was also the "wet" season on the west coast. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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The extensive work involved in this whole thing would NOT work today. Why? Our own media would publish detailed pictures and write articles for our enemies to formulate bombing plans. So sad how journalism has devolved into an arm of Communism and hate. | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
Thanks for sharing, what an incredible story. I grew up next door to Lockheed in Marietta Georgia. My PawPaw told me they had an elaborate camo net they put over the parking lot and building to make it look like the surrounding pines. I could not find pictures of it but did find This story of another plant. This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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Very good, but...what was an itty-bitty, sparsely developed suburb supposed to be doing next to a giant runway in the middle of nowhere? I'm fascinated by these stories - using mirrors to 'hide' the Suez Canal, Patton's rubber army, etc. - but I would've thought that the place would've been a target the moment the Japanese found a way to stretch their aerial reconnaissance that far. | |||
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| Just because you can, doesn't mean you should |
Our perception of the Japanese threat was much greater than the reality, fortunately. ___________________________ Avoid buying ChiCom/CCP products whenever possible. | |||
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HA! Love the two balloons returned to Japan. With baskets full of mushroom. | |||
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Let's not forget the Japanese did occupy part of the Aleutian chain. NRA Life Member "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Teddy Roosevelt | |||
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing! NRA Benefactor Life Member | |||
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