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The Bombardment of Ellwood during World War II was a naval attack by a Japanese submarine against United States coastal targets near Santa Barbara, California in February 1942. Though the damage was minimal, the event was key in triggering the West Coast invasion scare and influenced the decision to intern Japanese-Americans.
In San Bernardino the Western Stove Company built incendiary bombs. [46] The largest World War II accident in California was the Port Chicago disaster. The Liberty ship SS E. A. Bryan exploded on July 17, 1944, while being loaded with ammunition. About 4,600 tons (4,173 tonnes) of explosives had been loaded in the ship's holds at the time.
Bombs ranging from 3 to 1,000 pounds, rockets, 20-millimeter cartridges and 50-caliber bullets were dropped and fired on the range from 1942 until June 1959. After that, the range was only used a few times. The first clearance of material occurred during late 1959 and early 1960 and the second in January 1965.
The waters along Florida’s Panhandle islands are hiding live World War II-era bombs and the U.S. military intends to ... Florida, and the 1,000-pound bomb was found “during an Air-Force funded ...
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Florida for antisubmarine defense in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters, attack planes, and light and medium bombers. After early 1944, heavy bomber crews also trained in the State.
Some of Horry’s fastest-growing areas sit atop the WWII bombing range. Between 1942 and 1947 the Conway Bombing and Gunnery Range, BGR, was the target of air crews dropping bombs, firing rockets ...
A World War II-era bomb was detonated Sunday after it washed up on the shores of St. Pete Beach in Florida. A person walking along the beach first reported the "suspicious item," leading local ...
The Operation Crossbow Site is a historic location at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.During World War II, a reconstruction of a German V-1 flying bomb launch site was built to test the measures needed to destroy the actual bases in France.