"the Japanese Second Task Force had various reports from submarine
reconnaissance. From a position off the WASHINGTON State coast, a submarine had
launched a reconnaissance seaplane which scouted SEATTLE Harbor "

JAXAshby wrote:
"the Japanese Second Task Force had various reports from submarine
reconnaissance. From a position off the WASHINGTON State coast, a submarine had
launched a reconnaissance seaplane which scouted SEATTLE Harbor "

OK, so when did a Japanese sub *shell* Seattle, as you claimed?

Now, if you had said that a Japanese sub had launched an airplane which
bombed Oregon and started a forest fire, that would be pretty far
fetched but is actually the truth. Or that a different Japanese sub had
shelled a oil refinery in California.

BTW have you realized yet that this is a different newsgroup, Jax?

DSK

Wasn't the Oregon fire started by a balloon bomb?

DSK wrote:
JAXAshby wrote:

"the Japanese Second Task Force had various reports from submarine
reconnaissance. From a position off the WASHINGTON State coast, a
submarine had
launched a reconnaissance seaplane which scouted SEATTLE Harbor "


OK, so when did a Japanese sub *shell* Seattle, as you claimed?

Now, if you had said that a Japanese sub had launched an airplane which
bombed Oregon and started a forest fire, that would be pretty far
fetched but is actually the truth. Or that a different Japanese sub had
shelled a oil refinery in California.

BTW have you realized yet that this is a different newsgroup, Jax?

DSK

"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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Wasn't the Oregon fire started by a balloon bomb?

DSK wrote:
JAXAshby wrote:

"the Japanese Second Task Force had various reports from submarine
reconnaissance. From a position off the WASHINGTON State coast, a
submarine had
launched a reconnaissance seaplane which scouted SEATTLE Harbor "


OK, so when did a Japanese sub *shell* Seattle, as you claimed?

Now, if you had said that a Japanese sub had launched an airplane which
bombed Oregon and started a forest fire, that would be pretty far
fetched but is actually the truth. Or that a different Japanese sub had
shelled a oil refinery in California.

BTW have you realized yet that this is a different newsgroup, Jax?

DSK



And a Japanese sub sunk a tanker off San Simeon. Ship is still in tack.
Local guy was the engineer on the ship, no lives lost.
Bill

Calif Bill wrote:
"otnmbrd" wrote in message
nk.net...

Wasn't the Oregon fire started by a balloon bomb?




And a Japanese sub sunk a tanker off San Simeon. Ship is still in tack.
Local guy was the engineer on the ship, no lives lost.
Bill

Believe there was just recently a story on this in either the Star or
L.A. Times

otn

"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
"otnmbrd" wrote in message
nk.net...

Wasn't the Oregon fire started by a balloon bomb?




And a Japanese sub sunk a tanker off San Simeon. Ship is still in
tack.
Local guy was the engineer on the ship, no lives lost.
Bill

Believe there was just recently a story on this in either the Star or
L.A. Times

otn

And for the East Coast folks there is a book by Homer Hickam "Torpedo
Junction: U-Boat War Off America's East Coast 1942" that I read last
summer. It details the slaughter of ships off the east coast,
especially along the outer banks by German Uboats. Really good reading.
I had no idea that many ships were torpedoed right off the coast. There
are two small cemataries, one near Cape Hateras and the other on
Okrakoke for some of the British who were killed helping defend us.

del cecchi

del cecchi

otnmbrd wrote:
Wasn't the Oregon fire started by a balloon bomb?

They had a balloon bombing campaign, too, which could well have started
at least one forest fire. The balloon bomb campaign is sometimes
referred to as a military joke, since they killed exactly one person,
and that was a Sunday school teacher (I kid you not) but the end goal
for the Japanese was to attach atom bombs to their balloon devices.

The Japanese had discovered the jet stream and built a very clever
device to hold the balloon weapons at the right altitude for the right
length of time. They were also further along on their atom bomb project
than the Germans were, a fact not often discussed.

Regards
Doug King

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 19:18:06 -0500, DSK wrote:

JAXAshby wrote:
"the Japanese Second Task Force had various reports from submarine
reconnaissance. From a position off the WASHINGTON State coast, a submarine had
launched a reconnaissance seaplane which scouted SEATTLE Harbor "

OK, so when did a Japanese sub *shell* Seattle, as you claimed?


i recall reading that a sub had shelled santa barbara with about 25
shells in ww2...

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On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 20:50:20 -0500, DSK wrote:

otnmbrd wrote:
Wasn't the Oregon fire started by a balloon bomb?

They had a balloon bombing campaign, too, which could well have started
at least one forest fire. The balloon bomb campaign is sometimes
referred to as a military joke, since they killed exactly one person,
and that was a Sunday school teacher (I kid you not) but the end goal
for the Japanese was to attach atom bombs to their balloon devices.

The Japanese had discovered the jet stream and built a very clever
device to hold the balloon weapons at the right altitude for the right
length of time.

Yike! Another theory for the Roswell "UFO........

Dave

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 11:44:44 +0000, Bob wrote:

i recall reading that a sub had shelled santa barbara with about 25
shells in ww2...

http://www.mcssb.org/goletahistory/j...esubattack.htm