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5th Annual Great Los Angeles Air Raid Reenactment (2/24/07)

This is video of the 5th Annual Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942 Reenactment at fort McArthur. The Battle of Los ... (more)

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1942 'Battle Of Los Angeles'

Five years before Roswell, five years before pilot Kenneth Arnold's landmark sightings of "flying saucers" in the Pacific ... Five years before Roswell, five years before pilot Kenneth Arnold's landmark sightings of "flying saucers" in the Pacific Northwest, 3 years before the Battle of the Bulge, two years before D-Day, and years before the so-called "modern UFO era" had officially begun, there was the Battle of Los Angeles, arguably the most sensational, dramatic UFO mass encounter on record. Have you ever heard of the Battle of Los Angeles? Few have. Imagine a visiting spacecraft from another world, or dimension, hovering over a panicked and blacked-out LA in the middle of the night just weeks after Pearl Harbor at the height of WWII fear and paranoia. Imagine how this huge ship, assumed to be some unknown Japanese aircraft, was then attacked as it hung, nearly stationary, over Culver City and Santa Monica by dozens of Army anti-aircraft batteries firing nearly 2,000 rounds of 12 pound, high explosive shells in full view of hundreds of thousands of residents. Imagine all of that and you have an idea of what was the Battle of Los Angeles. The sudden appearance of the enormous round object triggered all of LA and most of Southern California into an immediate wartime blackout with thousands of Air Raid Wardens scurrying all over the darkened city while the drama unfolded in the skies above... a drama which would result in the deaths of six people and the raining of shell fragments on homes, streets, and buildings for miles around. Dozens of gun crews and searchlights of the Army's 37th Coast Artillery Brigade easily targeted the huge ship which hung like a surreal magic lantern in the clear, dark winter sky over the City of the Angels. Few in the city were left asleep after the Coastal Defense gunners commenced firing hundreds and hundreds of rounds up toward the glowing ship which was apparently first sighted as it hovered above such west side landmarks as the MGM studios in Culver City. The thump of the batteries and the ignition of the aerial shells reverberated from one end of LA to the other as the gun crews easily landed scores of what many termed "direct hits"....all to no avail. Here now, is what the night skies of LA looked like at the height of the firing.... http://www.rense.com/ufo/battleofLA.htm http://brumac.8k.com/BATTLEOFLA/BOLA1.html (more)

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Freaky siren.

I ran back up the stairs and got my camera when this came on. It was like every other storm siren, other than it never ... (more)

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WWII Pacific Battle Reenactment

As many of you may already know, Ken Burns is about to release a new multi-part doc*mentary on PBS. It's called The War ... As many of you may already know, Ken Burns is about to release a new multi-part doc*mentary on PBS. It's called The War, and will air this fall. He follows the stories of men and women that were touched by the war both fighting abroad and standing vigilant with bated breath at home. Domenique and I are heading a production team that is producing a doc*mentary from the local perspective here at KLRU. It will air this fall as an intro to the national Burns series. As we go along, we'll be posting clips from our interviews with veterans and scholars right here on the Docubloggers website. Stay tuned for those. As part of our coverage of this time period, Domenique and I set out one Sunday to the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg. They have a field not far from the museum that they've converted into a recreation of a battlefield from the Pacific. There, a few times a year, volunteers led by Marvin Schroeder gather as part of the Pacific Combat Living History Program (PCLHP) to educate and demonstrate the history of the Pacific battlefield of WWII. Visitors to the recreation are shown what soldiers fighting in the Pacific went through, the weapons they used, and the enemy they fought. It would be easy to beat the war drum and tout our country's victory over an adversary, but the approach taken by the PCLHP is one of respect and sensitivity. This is what stood out to us most, followed closely by the program's attention to detail. It all begins with a demonstration of what the soldiers carried with them into battle. Marvin asks for an audience volunteer, and then proceeds to load them up with their pack, gun belt, weapon, trenching tool, etc. You can see the c*mbersome burden manifest itself on the volunteer's face as they sweat in the Texas sun. Following this intro to proper equipment protocol, volunteers of the program demonstrate the weapons and tactics of both the US and Japanese troops. This is essentially several mini-history lessons, each followed by a demonstration of the weapon in action. The biggest gasp from the audience comes as fire spews forth from one of the few operating flamethrowers from that era left in existence. Following these demonstrations and history lessons, an explosion rocks the combat zone and the volunteers begin their recreation of a battle to take out a Japanese pillbox. As another testament to the sensitivity and respect shown by this program, they don't show American GIs fighting or killing Japanese soldiers. Instead, they create the perception of battle as American soldiers storm a Japanese encampment. The program does recognize the inevitable death that war brings as they have one of their younger volunteers simulate being shot and killed by enemy fire. It is a grim reminder of the cost of battle, but stands as a far more tasteful example than most video games and movies that glorify the brutality of war. The testimony of history is perhaps the most valuable guiding light for humanity. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." This philosophy is threaded throughout the Pacific Combat Living History Program. The clip below is the battle recreation. It was shot from two vantage points, one stationary (Dom) and one moving on the ground with the volunteers (me). The recreation is short, but stirring. It's a balance of disturbing imagery and history coming alive. The volunteers that contribute their time, energy, and expertise to this program are dedicated to the importance of this history. Contact the program if you're interested in attending a future show or volunteering your time. (more)

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Theatre of War - Artillery Barrage

Watch as a German combined arms group (Tank and infantry) assualt a fixed enemy position with the aid of a artillery ...

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Air Raid Sirens in Second Life

***IMPORTANT*** Do not PM me or comment here regarding obtaining these sirens. You must be a Second Life resident to ... (more)

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