WW2 ATTACKS
ON U.S. SOIL
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DragonDen™ Video: Balloon Bomb Kills 6 in Oregon May 5, 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY8hYi4Aj-0
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Japanese Fire Balloon. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_fire_balloon_Moffett.jpg
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Monument near Bly, Oregon. CCA 4.0 I DPLA. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bly_-_DPLA_-_25339fa9ded284570ebce0f6e74a2d19.jpg
Japanese balloon Fu-Go in flight. PD WFG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:342-FH-3B23432_(18160047105).jpg
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Ellwood Detail. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EllwoodDetail.jpg
Ellwood Oil Storage Tanks. CCA SA 4.0 I https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellwood_oil_storage_tanks.jpg
Japanese American Internment Center. PD. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_American_Internment_Center.jpg
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Aerial View Arroyo Seco Parkway. PD WFG NPS. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AERIAL_VIEW_OF_ARROYO_SECO_PARKWAY._PASADENA_AVENUE_BRIDGE_AT_BOTTOM_RIGHT._LOOKING_NE._-_Arroyo_Seco_Parkway,_Los_Angeles_to_Pasadena,_Los_Angeles,_Los_Angeles_County,_CA_HAER_CAL,19-LOSAN,83-27.tif
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Ernest Peter Burger PD WFG FBI.
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Edward John Kerling. PD WFG FBI.
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Heinrich Heinck. PD WFG FBI.
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Herman Otto Neubauer. PD WFG FBI.
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Richard Quirin. PD WFG FBI
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Werner Thiel. PD WFG FBI
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Herbert Haupt PD WFG FBI.
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Aerial View, Fort Stevens, Oregon PD WFG
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Shell Crater, Fort Stevens, Oregon PD WFG NARA
Fort Stevens Battery 1942 PD WFG
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SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
AND FURTHER READING SUGGESTIONS
Kagan, Neil & Stephen Hyslop “Pearl Harbor was the only WWII attack on the U.S., right? Wrong.” National Geographic 21 Sept 2023. Accessed 21 Sept 2023. Membership may be required for access. www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/world-war-ii-united-states-soil-attack
Andrews, Evan. “5 Attacks on US Soil During World War II”. HISTORY 23 August 2023. Accessed 21 Sept 2023. https://www.history.com/news/5-attacks-on-u-s-soil-during-world-war-ii
“Bombs Fall on Oregon: Japanese Attacks on the State”. Oregon Secretary of State. Accessed 21 Sept 2023. https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/exhibits/ww2/Pages/threats-bombs.aspx
August, Melissa “The Forgotten History of the Japanese Balloon Bomb That Killed Americans in World War II”. 5 May 2023. TIME. Accessed 21 Sept 2023. https://time.com/6276685/japanese-balloon-bomb-history-world-war-ii/
“Balloon Bombs: Japan’s Answer to Doolittle”. National Museum of the United States Air Force. Accessed 21 Sept 2023. https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/196210/balloon-bombs-japans-answer-to-doolittle/
Cox, Vic “Submarine Shelling of Ellwood Oil Field in 1942”. 2 Oct 2011 The Independent. Accessed 21 Sept 2023. https://www.independent.com/2011/10/02/submarine-shelling-ellwood-oil-field-1942/
Anderson, James “1942 Shelling of California Coastline Stirred Conspiracy Fears : History: Submarine’s Attack did little damage. But it whipped up support for Japanese-American Internment”. March 1, 1992 Los Angeles Times/AP. Accessed 21 Sept 2023. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-03-01-me-5256-story.html
Taylor, David A. “The Inside Story of How a Nazi Plot to Sabotage the U.S. War Effort Was Foiled”. Updated June 26 2017. Smithsonian Magazine. Accessed 21 Sept 2023. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/inside-story-how-nazi-plot-sabotage-us-war-effort-was-foiled-180959594
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