Today in History

February 24, 1942

The Battle of Los Angeles

On February 23, 1942, only months after the United States entered World War II as a result of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery in Santa Barbara. Only minimal damage was inflicted, but concern over a possible invasion of the West Coast ran high. On February 24, 1942 reports of Japanese airplanes over Los Angeles began to come into military commands. Air raid sirens began to wail and a blackout was ordered. Late that evening, the military began to fire anti-aircraft missiles at "unidentified aircraft". The shelling continued into the next day and a total of 1,400 shells were fired into the air. Three civilians were killed and some property damage occurred. Within hours of the end of the assault, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced that the event had been a false alarm - no aircraft were involved and the guns were being fired at weather balloons or other misidentified aircraft.

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