CA World War 2 Sites! Top 5 to See! History in plain sight!

[@philopharynx7910]

I drive past the Tustin Hanger every week. For Naval history fans, we also have the USS Iowa in San Pedro. The USS Midway in San Diego was just a little too late for WWII, but it was built in that era. Both are great tours.

[@bestofcaltv]

+@philopharynx7910 thanks good recommendations. Appreciate you watching

[@mrmr6689]

Excellent show, the blimp hangers, Japanese submarines off the coast of California, artillery in the hills above San Pedro, wow. I took the tour of the USS IOWA in San Pedro, very cool tour. Thanks Pat for this walk down WWII in So Cal memory lane. Loved the description of the medals and items on your Dads uniform.

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+@mrmr6689 many thanks for watching an important heritage to remember for sure!

[@RealDapperDude]

The enemy attacked two sea-borne oil tankers, farther up the coast from Goleta, days later. One of which was sunk. At a different date, which excapes me, there was a trio of enemy subs, on the surface in a remote cove in the NW of Catalina, which was spotted by a patrol in a speedboat, not the kind of which that could attack. Apparently, no radio, so by the time they got back to Hamilton or Avalon, and search planes and surface ships could be dispatched, the subs had disappeared.

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+@RealDapperDude amazing I knew about the sunken ship but not the Catalina situation . Many thanks for filling in some gaps

[@Brian-mb6sp]

Thanks Pat! What a great video.

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+@Brian-mb6sp it was a labor of love for my Dad and Chris and Ken’s dad too. Check out their podcast “ Our World War II Dad” when you can.