Tampa Morning Tribune: "Anti-Aircraft Barrage Lights Up Los Angeles"
Tampa newspaper showing the famous Los Angeles Times photo and additional details of the event.
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Los Angeles was on high alert as the US Army and Navy searched for nearby Japanese submarines.
Military and government top brass seemed confused with their conflicting explanations.
Weather balloon misidentification may have caused of the Battle of L.A.
Minor damage reported after Japanese submarine attacked California coast days just prior to this event.
1942 Photos of the Battle of LA incident from the Los Angeles Times.
Secretary of the Navy Knox dismissed the event as "jittery nerves"
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The Battle of Los Angeles
February 1942
During the early morning hours of February 25th, 1942, the U.S. military launched over 1,400 rounds of anti-aircraft fire into the night sky above Los Angeles amidst widespread confusion and panic. Conflicting eyewitness accounts, inconsistencies in DOD explanations, and a famous LA Times...
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