Ross Cassell -> Jeff Snyder wrote:
 RC> Jeff Snyder -> Ross Cassell wrote:

 JS>> Ross, yes, Germany declared war on the USA, but tell me, was there
 JS>> really any
 JS>> threat to the continental USA? Did you see any German planes flying
 RC> over
 JS>> the
 JS>> US mainland at any time.

 RC> Are you saying that they could have never struck at us?

German sailors were captured infiltrating New Jersey's beach north of
Atlantic City. The 4 were held until the end of the war and then sent to
prison.

 RC> They had U-boats in the Gulf Of Mexico and off the Atlantic Seaboard.

 JS>> As far as Japan is concerned, yes, they attacked, and they struck, but
 JS>> it is
 JS>> important to realize where they struck...military installations far
 RC> removed
 JS>> from the US mainland, because that was the limit of their
 RC> capabilities. I
 JS>> don't think the Japanese or the Germans ever really posed a serious
 JS>> threat to
 JS>> the US mainland. They both knew that if they got too close, they
 RC> didn't
 JS>> stand
 JS>> a chance against American fire power...at least so me thinks. :)

 RC> What firepower, we werent on a war footing then.

 RC> Why are you trying to second guess events that have already happened?

One wonders if Snyder has any clue how close Japan (and some of its then
territories) are/were to Alaska. Besides, he's incorrect yet again; there
were incendiary balloons that hit Oregon and caused some forest fires.
Fortunately no one was hurt or killed by that.

All of California's coastal cities had submarine watches. The city of San
Diego wants to tear down the old police station, but it's a landmark and
therefore protected. It's a landmark because Navy watchers manned the bell
tower watching for submarines. You'd think that Snyder would have finally
realized that he's completely clueless about American history and drop it.

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