You're Not Gonna Like This

Episode 14 - The Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942


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Andrew brings in the story of the night the skies of Los Angeles were filled with sirens and gunfire because of....something..... we're still not really sure.

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Sources
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-executive-order-9066 - Overview of President Roosevelt’s order that forced Japanese-Americans to internment camps 

https://goletahistory.com/attack-on-ellwood/ - Overview of the shelling of Goleta that took place two days prior 

http://www.laalmanac.com/history/hi07s.php

https://www.latimes.com/visuals/framework/la-me-fw-archives-1942-battle-la-20170221-story.html

https://losangeleno.com/strange-days/battle-of-los-angeles/ 

https://www.history.com/news/world-war-iis-bizarre-battle-of-los-angeles

http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist9/aaf2.html - Official Air Force Report on the incident published in 1983 

http://www.theairraid.com/ - Yearly (reenactment? party?) in San Pedro commemorating the event 

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You're Not Gonna Like ThisBy Andrew Caudill Seth Reid

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