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spidge · 05-03-2008, 05:27 AM

From the Los Angeles Times
July 9, 2006
Read more at the link: 'Battle of L.A.' Was More Like Heaven Than Hell

'Battle of L.A.' Was More
Like Heaven Than Hell
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Anti-aircraft crews sent in after Pearl Harbor
swam in pools, rode horses and ate well, with
Ida Lupino lending one unit her personal chef

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Days after Pearl Harbor, a convoy carrying more than 700 U.S. soldiers rumbled over the Cahuenga Pass and east on Sunset Boulevard.
The heavily armored, camouflaged trucks cruised at 20 mph, dropping off 12-man teams about five miles apart along Sunset and elsewhere, from Beverly Hills to Arcadia.
Their mission: to protect the City of Angels from Japanese attack.
It was Dec. 16, 1941 — nine days after the date that lives in infamy.
Fear gripped the West Coast. The government warned residents to heed blackouts, prepare for air raids and learn to extinguish incendiary bombs.

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spidge Super Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne Australia Posts: 3,319 You're Top Poster: #3 Awards Showcase Total Awards: 6	'Battle of L.A.' Was More Like Heaven Than Hell From the Los Angeles Times July 9, 2006 Read more at the link: 'Battle of L.A.' Was More Like Heaven Than Hell 'Battle of L.A.' Was More Like Heaven Than Hell -------------- Anti-aircraft crews sent in after Pearl Harbor swam in pools, rode horses and ate well, with Ida Lupino lending one unit her personal chef -------------- Days after Pearl Harbor, a convoy carrying more than 700 U.S. soldiers rumbled over the Cahuenga Pass and east on Sunset Boulevard. The heavily armored, camouflaged trucks cruised at 20 mph, dropping off 12-man teams about five miles apart along Sunset and elsewhere, from Beverly Hills to Arcadia. Their mission: to protect the City of Angels from Japanese attack. It was Dec. 16, 1941 — nine days after the date that lives in infamy. Fear gripped the West Coast. The government warned residents to heed blackouts, prepare for air raids and learn to extinguish incendiary bombs. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm