Los Angeles 1942: 1,433 Shells and a Target That Vanished from the Record
Before dawn on 25 February 1942, Los Angeles went dark under an air-raid order. Sirens sounded across the city, searchlights swept the sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired repeatedly at a target nobody could identify. For nearly two hours, more than 1,400 shells crossed above residential districts. No bomb fell. No aircraft was shot down. No wreckage remained to give the enemy a name.
Before dawn on 25 February 1942, Los Angeles went dark under an air-raid order. Sirens sounded across the city, searchlights swept the sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired repeatedly at a target nobody could identify. For nearly two hours, more than 1,400 shells crossed above residential districts. No bomb fell. No aircraft was shot down. No wreckage remained to give the enemy a name.
Before dawn on 25 February 1942, Los Angeles went dark under an air-raid order. Sirens sounded across the city, searchlights swept the sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired repeatedly at a target nobody could identify. For nearly two hours, more than 1,400 shells crossed above residential districts. No bomb fell. No aircraft was shot down. No wreckage remained to give the enemy a name.
Before dawn on 25 February 1942, Los Angeles went dark under an air-raid order. Sirens sounded across the city, searchlights swept the sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired repeatedly at a target nobody could identify. For nearly two hours, more than 1,400 shells crossed above residential districts. No bomb fell. No aircraft was shot down. No wreckage remained to give the enemy a name.
Before dawn on 25 February 1942, Los Angeles went dark under an air-raid order. Sirens sounded across the city, searchlights swept the sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired repeatedly at a target nobody could identify. For nearly two hours, more than 1,400 shells crossed above residential districts. No bomb fell. No aircraft was shot down. No wreckage remained to give the enemy a name.
Before dawn on 25 February 1942, Los Angeles went dark under an air-raid order. Sirens sounded across the city, searchlights swept the sky, and anti-aircraft guns fired repeatedly at a target nobody could identify. For nearly two hours, more than 1,400 shells crossed above residential districts. No bomb fell. No aircraft was shot down. No wreckage remained to give the enemy a name.