WW ll Bombardment of Ellwood Oil Field

[Guno צְבִי]

The first shelling of the United States during the Second World War took place on February 23, 1941, when the Japanese submarine 1-17 attacked the Ellwood Oil Field, a large oil well and storage facility outside of Santa Barbara, California.


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https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...cvid=571e432176424ec69738bf372de0cb3a#image=6

 

[McRocket]

The first shelling of the United States during the Second World War took place on February 23, 1941, when the Japanese submarine 1-17 attacked the Ellwood Oil Field, a large oil well and storage facility outside of Santa Barbara, California.


More history on WWII attacks on the U.S.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...cvid=571e432176424ec69738bf372de0cb3a#image=6

I think you mean in 1942.

If they did it in February 1941?

Now that would be an INCREDIBLE story.