[outdriving]

Yeah, I remember reading about those.

I also remember reading about a Japanese invasion of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska that was launched as a diversionary attack for the Midway campaign.

Thanks to our breaking of the Japanese naval code, we were not fooled. And thanks to Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Spruance, along with countless brave young men, like GHWB Senior, who was himself shot down, we turned the tide of the war.

Never forget, until that time, an invasion of the West Coast was a legitimate fear. In retrospect, we know now that the Japanese never intended this, but how could we know then?

[durasell]

Years after World War II German submariners told stories about sitting in NY harbor and listening to WABC radio.

As a side note: When I lived on the Upper East Side years ago the spanish super of the building and I found a trunk stuffed with Nazi crap in the basement -- uniforms, knives, books, newspapers, even a cereal box with Hitler on it. We dragged the thing around to a couple of the auction houses and were practically thrown out of them. He finally sold it for several thousand dollars and used the money to pay for an air conditioning and refrig course.

[muawiyah]

The Aleutian Islands are one heck of a long way from San Diego.

BTW, the Japanese built several gigantic submarines that could launch bombers carrying nuclear warheads.

They really didn't need to secure a beachhead in the US.