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ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING
CHAPTERS IN OUR STATE'S HISTORY
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TOOK PLACE
BACK DURING WORLD WAR II.
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THAT'S WHEN HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
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ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH TRAINING
IN OUR STATE
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AND THEN SHIPPED OVERSEAS
INTO ACTUAL BATTLE.
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AND, OF COURSE, WORLD WAR II
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IS WHEN OUR STATE'S SHIPBUILDING
AND AIRCRAFT-BUILDING INDUSTRIES
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CAME INTO THEIR OWN.
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THERE ARE LOTS OF STORIES
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CONNECTING CALIFORNIA
AND WORLD WAR II,
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AND IN THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE,
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WE'RE GONNA TAKE A CLOSER LOOK
AT TWO OF THOSE STORIES.
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NOW, BOTH OF THEM
ARE RATHER OBSCURE.
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THE FIRST ONE TAKES PLACE
RIGHT HERE
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IN THE LONG BEACH
NAVAL SHIPYARD.
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SO IF YOU'RE UP
FOR AN ADVENTURE,
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AS ALWAYS,
YOU'RE INVITED TO JOIN US
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AS WE CONTINUE OUR SEARCH
TOGETHER FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD.
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[ "CALIFORNIA HERE I COME"
PLAYS ]
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Howser: THE LONG BEACH NAVAL
SHIPYARD IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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IS A BUSY PLACE --
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ALL KINDS OF WORK BEING DONE
ON NAVY SHIPS OF ALL SIZES.
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BUT WE DIDN'T VISIT THE SHIPYARD
TO SEE A SHIP.
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WE WERE THERE TO SEE
SOMETHING LARGER THAN A SHIP,
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SOMETHING VERY HISTORIC
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THAT DATES ALL THE WAY BACK
TO WORLD WAR II.
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Howser: GENTLEMEN,
WE ARE STANDING OUT HERE
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ON AN HONEST-TO-GOODNESS PIECE
OF HISTORY.
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COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US
EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE
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AND WHAT THE SIGNIFICANCE
OF THIS THING IS?
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WELL, WE'RE
IN LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIPYARD
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IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.
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YD-171 IS THE OFFICIAL NUMBER
FOR THE CRANE.
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THE YD-171?
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RIGHT.
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AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK
AT THIS CRANE RIGHT NOW
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BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST YOUR
RUN-OF-THE-MILL CRANE, IS IT?
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Man: NO, SIR,
IT SURE ISN'T.
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HOW BIG IS THIS THING?
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WELL, THE BARGE IS 110 FOOT WIDE
AND 208 FOOT LONG.
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AND WHEN THE BOOM IS BOOMED
ALL THE WAY UP,
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IT'S 374 FOOT FROM THE TIP
TO THE WATER.
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SO THAT'S...
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374 FEET.
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OKAY, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT
THE STATISTICS OF THIS CRANE
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ALL FIGURED OUT,
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WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES
THIS THING SO IMPORTANT?
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Man #2: THE CRANE WAS UTILIZED
ORIGINALLY BY THE GERMAN NAVY
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IN WORLD WAR II.
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IT OPERATED IN THE BALTIC SEA
AND NORTH SEA PORTS.
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IT ALSO OPERATED IN COPENHAGEN
DURING THE WAR.
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IT WAS ONE OF FOUR SISTER CRANES
BUILT BY THE GERMANS.
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ONE WAS BUILT FOR THE RUSSIANS
AT THE TIME.
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AND THIS ONE OPERATED
IN KIEL, BREMERHAVEN,
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HAMBURG, AND COPENHAGEN.
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TWO OF THEM TODAY
ARE STILL BEING UTILIZED --
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THIS ONE IN LONG BEACH,
ONE IN LENINGRAD, RUSSIA.
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THE TWO REMAINING CRANES WERE
BOTH SUNK AFTER WORLD WAR II
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WHEN THE BRITISH ATTEMPTED
TO TOW ONE
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ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL,
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AND ALSO WHEN THE FRENCH LATER
TRIED TO TOW ONE TO FRANCE.
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SO THE IDEA WAS
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THAT THE GERMANS BUILT FOUR
OF THESE HUGE, BIG CRANES
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DURING WORLD WAR II
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TO BUILD SHIPS,
TO TRANSPORT MATERIALS?
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YES, JUST IN THE SAME MANNER
WE'VE USED IT HERE,
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ALTHOUGH THE GERMANS USED IT
AT THE END OF THE WAR
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TO PUT U-BOAT SECTIONS TOGETHER
AT KIEL.
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THERE WAS
A BIG U-BOAT BASE THERE.
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PRIOR TO THAT ASSIGNMENT,
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IT ALSO OPERATED
THROUGH VARIOUS PORTS,
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WHEREVER THEY HAD A HEAVY LIFT
OR A HIGH LIFT
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THAT THEY COULD USE
IN THEIR CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS.
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NOW, HOW DID THIS THING
GET TO LONG BEACH FROM GERMANY?
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IT WAS TOWED HERE
WITH A SHIP.
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ACROSS THE OCEAN?
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RIGHT, SIR.
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THE BOOM AND STRUCTURE YOU SEE
UP ABOVE WAS REMOVED
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TO MAKE IT
SO IT WOULDN'T CAPSIZE.
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WHY DID WE DECIDE
TO BRING IT OVER HERE
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INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT
OVER THERE?
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WELL, ALL THE CRANES
WERE DIVIDED UP.
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YOU CALL THAT "WAR BOOTY,"
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AND AMERICANS
JUST HAPPENED TO GET THIS ONE.
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LONG BEACH WAS SHORT
A HEAVY-LIFT CRANE,
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SO IT WON OUT
OVER THE OTHER SHIPYARDS,
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WHO ALREADY HAD
SOME HEAVY-LIFT CRANES IN-HOUSE.
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AND AS SOON AS IT GOT HERE,
IT GOT ITS NICKNAME, RIGHT?
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RIGHT.
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IT'S KNOWN FONDLY
BY THE CREW THROUGH THE YEARS
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AS "HERMAN THE GERMAN."
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SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE
TO LOOK AT TODAY.
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AND WE'RE GONNA GET
THE INSIDE TOUR, RIGHT?
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Jones: RIGHT, SIR --
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THE ENGINE ROOM ALL THE WAY
TO THE OPERATOR'S CAB,
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AND WE CAN GO OUT ON THE BOOM
IF YOU LIKE.
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CAN WE TAKE A LOOK?
SURE.
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WE'RE GONNA GO SEE
HERMAN THE GERMAN.
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AND IT'S A BIG ONE, TOO.
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THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL
A BIG GERMAN.
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NOW WE'RE GOING
INTO THE...
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OPERATOR'S CAB.
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OPERATOR'S CAB.
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THIS IS WHERE
IT ALL TAKES PLACE IN HERE.
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NOW, THIS IS ALL THE ORIGINAL
WOOD FROM THE EARLY '40s?
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THIS IS ORIGINAL.
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THIS CAB'S NEVER BEEN CHANGED
FROM DAY ONE.
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SO THE WOOD IS ORIGINAL,
THE LIGHTS ARE ORIGINAL.
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ALL YOUR SWITCHES
YOU SEE HERE.
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AND LOOK OVER HERE, LOUIE.
LOOK AT THIS.
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THIS IS THE ORIGINAL
GERMAN SIGN FOR...
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THAT'S A SAFETY SIGN,
A WARNING SIGN,
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TELLING YOU THAT'S ELECTRICITY
INSIDE THAT BOX.
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IT'S NEAT THAT ALL OF THIS
HAS BEEN SAVED.
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YOU WOULD THINK THAT MAYBE
IT WOULD'VE BEEN REMODELED
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OVER THE YEARS.
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WELL, NO, WE'VE TRIED TO
MAINTAIN THE ORIGINALITY OF IT.
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BASICALLY, THE ELECTRICAL PART
OF IT IS STILL ORIGINAL.
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ALL YOUR MOTORS ARE ORIGINAL,
THE ONES THAT CAME WITH IT.
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YOU'VE GOT AN INTERESTING STORY
ABOUT THE COUNTERWEIGHT HERE.
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NUMBER ONE, THAT'S A LOT
OF WEIGHT BACK THERE.
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YEAH, IT'S
A 200-TON COUNTERWEIGHT.
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THE STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS IT
IS CALLED A PENDULUM.
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DURING THE WAR AT KIEL
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WHEN THE CRANE
WAS BEING UTILIZED
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TO ASSEMBLE U-BOAT PARTS,
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THIS WAS BOMBED
SEVERAL TIMES.
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ON ONE OCCASION, THAT ENTIRE
PENDULUM WAS DESTROYED
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AND THAT WEIGHT DROPPED DOWN
THROUGH THE DECKHOUSE BELOW.
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AND SINCE
IT'S IN BOMBING RANGE,
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THEY TOOK THE CRANE
ALL THE WAY OVER NEAR DANZIG --
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IT'S IN POLAND TODAY --
TO REPAIR IT,
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TO GET AWAY
FROM THE BOMBING RAIDS.
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SO IT HAD TO TRAVEL A DISTANCE
JUST TO REPAIR THIS DAMAGE.
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SO THIS CRANE WAS BOMBED A LOT
DURING WORLD WAR II
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BY THE ALLIES.
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YES, IT RECEIVED STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE ON SEVERAL BOMBINGS.
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SOME WERE SEVERE.
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THE STERN AREA
WAS BOMBED HEAVILY,
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AND THEY REPLACED THE PROPULSION
UNITS WITH SPARES.
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AND AGAIN, THIS COUNTERWEIGHT
WAS THE OTHER MAJOR DAMAGE.
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WHEN THE CRANE WAS BROUGHT
TO THE UNITED STATES,
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THEY HAD TO REPLACE
MANY OF THE SMALL BEAMS
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BECAUSE THEY HAD
SHRAPNEL HOLES IN THEM.
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BUT THROUGH
ALL THE BOMBINGS,
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SOMEHOW OR OTHER
IT NEVER SANK.
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NO, IT NEVER SANK.
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WELL, YOU WANTED TO SEE SOME
OF THE ORIGINAL GERMAN SYMBOLS.
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I'D LIKE YOU TO SEE THE ANCHOR.
THIS IS ONE OF FIVE.
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ONE OF FIVE ANCHORS.
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AND THIS HAS...
THE SWASTIKA ON IT.
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THAT'S RIGHT.
IT'S THE ORIGINAL KRIEGSMARINE.
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THE "M" IS ALSO NAVY.
IT MEANS "MARINE."
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THE "M" STANDS FOR?
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GERMAN NAVY --
NAZI NAVY IN THIS CASE.
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AND WHAT IS THIS NUMBER?
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THAT'S JUST THE SERIAL NUMBER
OF THE ANCHOR.
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WOW.
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SO THERE'S A LOT
OF THIS ORIGINAL KIND OF STUFF
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ENGRAVED ALL OVER THE...
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YES, MANY
OF THE NAMEPLATES --
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THEY PUT ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NEXT TO IT, JUST LIKE A MOVIE.
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NOW WE'RE
GETTING READY TO GO
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DOWN THROUGH THAT LITTLE HOLE
DOWN TO THE...
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CREW'S QUARTERS.
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN
THE CREW'S QUARTERS?
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THIS WAS JUST LIKE
A REGULAR NAVY SHIP.
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IT WAS MANNED
BY A NAVY CREW,
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AND THEY HAD 22 ENLISTED MEN AND
4 OFFICERS ONBOARD ALL THE TIME.
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WHEN THE GERMANS
WERE IN CONTROL OF IT.
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WHEN THE GERMANS
OPERATED IT, YES, SIR.
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IT FLEW THE GERMAN FLAG,
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JUST LIKE OUR SHIPS FLY
THE AMERICAN FLAG.
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OKAY, LET'S GO DOWN
AND SEE WHAT'S DOWN THERE.
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IT'S A LITTLE HOLE.
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AND THEY ALL LIVED
DOWN HERE?
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Jones: YES, SIR.
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OKAY, THIS IS PRETTY NEAT
DOWN HERE.
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THIS IS THE...
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THIS IS ONE
OF THE OFFICER'S BUNKROOM.
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THE OFFICER'S BUNKROOM.
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HIS STATEROOM OR WHATEVER.
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IT LOOKS EXACTLY
AS IT WOULD HAVE
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WHEN HE WAS HERE.
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A LITTLE BIT DUSTIER,
PROBABLY.
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RIGHT, THE JANITORIAL'S NOT
TOO GOOD.
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WELL, WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE?
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WE'VE GOT THE ORIGINAL BUNK
AND HIS DESK.
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AND WHAT WOULD THIS THING BE
OVER HERE?
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IT'S A SETTEE OR A COUCH
OR WHATEVER FOR SITTING ON.
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WITH THE ORIGINAL LEATHER.
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UH-HUH.
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AND?
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THAT'S HIS, YOU KNOW,
HIS CLOSET FOR HIS CLOTHES.
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HE HAD STORAGE HERE
PROBABLY FOR HIS PERSONAL --
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SO THIS IS JUST LIKE IT WAS?
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OH, YEAH.
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IDENTICAL.
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YOU STILL HAVE THE OLD STEAM
HOT-WATER HEATER
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AND HIS SINK,
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OF COURSE HIS CABINET
FOR SHAVING, HIS MIRROR.
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BOY, THIS IS SOMETHING.
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THIS IS AN AMAZING KIND
OF A SENSE OF HISTORY
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WHEN YOU'RE DOWN HERE.
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YOU FEEL LIKE YOU'RE
KIND OF GOING BACK IN TIME.
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WELL, YOU JUST WONDER WHAT
HAPPENED ALL THOSE YEARS AGO,
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SAY,
BACK IN '42 AND '43 --
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YOU KNOW, THE ACTIVITY
THAT WENT ON HERE.
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YEAH.
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I KEEP SEEING THINGS.
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[ CHUCKLES ]
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A LOT OF PEOPLE,
IF YOU TOLD THEM
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YOU WERE GOING OUT TO DO A STORY
ABOUT AN OLD CRANE,
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THEY WOULDN'T GET
VERY EXCITED.
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BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT,
THERE'S AS MUCH HISTORY HERE
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AS THERE IS IN ALMOST ANY SHIP
YOU COULD VISIT.
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THAT'S TRUE, YEAH.
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TWO COUNTRIES --
THE GERMANS AND ALSO THE U.S.
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IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE GERMAN NAVY, I'M SURE,
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AND IT'S BEEN IMPORTANT
TO THE U.S. NAVY.
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YEAH, WE JUST KIND OF PICKED UP
WHERE THE GERMANS LEFT OFF.
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THAT'S FOR SURE.
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Miller: WE WORKED ON MANY
WORLD WAR II SHIPS
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WITH THIS CRANE --
THE MISSOURI, THE NEW JERSEY,
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THE QUEEN MARY -- IT CARRIED
TROOPS DURING WORLD WAR II,
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SO WE WORKED ON HER
WITH THIS.
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IT'S PRETTY WELL RELATED BETWEEN
THE TYPE OF WORK IT'S DONE --
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BOTH COUNTRIES.
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IT'S ONE OF THOSE
LITTLE KNOWN --
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I MEAN, I GUARANTEE YOU,
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I COULD'VE COME OUT HERE AND
DRIVEN BY THIS THING 500 TIMES,
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AND IF I HADN'T KNOWN,
I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN.
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THERE'S PROBABLY PEOPLE
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DRIVE OVER THAT
VINCENT THOMAS BRIDGE EVERY DAY
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THAT JUST SAYS, "OH, THERE SITS
ANOTHER CRANE."
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BUT, YEAH,
THERE'S HISTORY HERE.
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AND NOT ONLY THAT,
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IT'S BEEN A WORKHORSE
OVER THE YEARS, TOO.
00:11:16.009 --> 00:11:18.544
IT WAS HOME FOR 22 MEN
AND 4 OFFICERS
00:11:18.611 --> 00:11:20.412
FOR A FEW YEARS, TOO,
00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:23.582
ALTHOUGH WE NEVER HAD PEOPLE
LIVE ABOARD IT, BUT THEY DID.
00:11:23.650 --> 00:11:25.184
IT WAS HOME TO THEM.
00:11:25.251 --> 00:11:26.985
WELL, IT'S SURVIVED.
00:11:27.053 --> 00:11:31.857
THAT'S THE ONE THING YOU CAN SAY
ABOUT THAT BIG OLD CRANE.
00:11:31.925 --> 00:11:33.492
IT IS A SURVIVOR.
00:11:33.560 --> 00:11:36.628
THAT'S FOR DARN SURE.
IT'S STILL GOING TODAY, TOO.
00:11:36.696 --> 00:11:39.932
AND IT'LL PROBABLY GO
FOR A FEW MORE YEARS, TOO.
00:11:41.668 --> 00:11:44.269
Howser: TO REACH
OUR NEXT DESTINATION,
00:11:44.337 --> 00:11:46.238
WE HEADED NORTH UP HIGHWAY 101
00:11:46.306 --> 00:11:49.141
TO THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY
OF GOLETA,
00:11:49.209 --> 00:11:51.577
WHICH IS JUST NORTH
OF SANTA BARBARA
00:11:51.644 --> 00:11:53.178
ON THE CENTRAL COAST.
00:11:53.246 --> 00:11:56.448
ONCE IN GOLETA, WE WENT
TO THE SANDPIPER GOLF COURSE
00:11:56.516 --> 00:11:59.451
TO MEET UP WITH
OUR LOCAL WELCOMING COMMITTEE.
00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:02.521
AND THEN WE ALL CLIMBED ABOARD
ELECTRIC CARTS
00:12:02.589 --> 00:12:05.457
AND HEADED OUT
ACROSS THIS BEAUTIFUL COURSE
00:12:05.525 --> 00:12:07.126
FOR THE BEACH --
00:12:07.193 --> 00:12:11.296
A BEACH WHERE OVER 50 YEARS AGO
HISTORY WAS MADE IN A BIG WAY.
00:12:11.364 --> 00:12:15.501
NOW WE'VE GOTTEN OFF
THE GOLF CARTS
00:12:15.568 --> 00:12:20.439
AND WE'RE HEADING DOWN
TO THE BEACH.
00:12:20.507 --> 00:12:25.344
AND...JUSTIN, THIS IS
WHERE IT ALL HAPPENED.
00:12:25.412 --> 00:12:30.249
THIS IS WHERE HISTORY WAS MADE
BACK IN 1942.
00:12:30.316 --> 00:12:35.054
CAN YOU TELL US
EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
00:12:35.121 --> 00:12:36.755
YES, BE GLAD TO,
00:12:36.823 --> 00:12:40.192
BUT LET'S SET THE STAGE A LITTLE
BIT FOR WHAT WAS HERE THEN.
00:12:40.260 --> 00:12:43.562
THINGS DON'T LOOK THE SAME TODAY
AS THEY DID THEN.
00:12:43.630 --> 00:12:46.265
THIS WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST
OIL FIELDS
00:12:46.332 --> 00:12:50.736
ON THE WEST COAST
OF CALIFORNIA IN 1942.
00:12:50.804 --> 00:12:55.274
AND RIGHT WHERE WE STAND TODAY
IS A NICE EMPTY BEACH,
00:12:55.342 --> 00:13:00.346
BUT IN THOSE DAYS, THIS WAS
A FOREST OF OIL WELLS AND PIERS.
00:13:00.413 --> 00:13:01.947
ALL OUT HERE.
00:13:02.015 --> 00:13:04.850
IT WENT OUT INTO THE OCEAN
SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET,
00:13:04.918 --> 00:13:08.320
AND THERE WERE MANY
PUMPING DERRICKS AT THE TIME.
00:13:08.388 --> 00:13:12.057
AND THE AREA WAS WELL-KNOWN
AS ONE OF THE MAJOR OIL FIELDS
00:13:12.125 --> 00:13:13.659
ON THE WEST COAST.
00:13:13.727 --> 00:13:18.630
THERE WERE BUOYS OUT HERE
AT THE END OF THE PIERS,
00:13:18.698 --> 00:13:20.632
AND AT THOSE BUOYS,
00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:25.170
MANY TANKERS TIED UP
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.
00:13:25.238 --> 00:13:27.906
SO THIS WAS
A BIG OIL-SHIPPING AREA.
00:13:27.974 --> 00:13:30.776
THEY SHIPPED DIRECTLY OUT
OF THIS AREA
00:13:30.844 --> 00:13:34.046
TO THE JAPANESE,
TO THE EUROPEANS, THE GERMANS,
00:13:34.114 --> 00:13:35.848
TO THE SOUTH AMERICANS --
00:13:35.915 --> 00:13:38.517
ANYONE WHO WANTED TO BUY
THE PRODUCT.
00:13:38.585 --> 00:13:42.554
THEY COULD BUY CRUDE OIL HERE
OR GASOLINE -- REFINED GASOLINE.
00:13:42.622 --> 00:13:43.989
UP ON THE BLUFFS HERE
00:13:44.057 --> 00:13:46.759
WERE A LOT MORE OIL WELLS
AND STORAGE TANKS.
00:13:46.826 --> 00:13:49.161
AND THERE WERE
TWO MAJOR REFINERIES.
00:13:49.229 --> 00:13:52.998
ONE WAS TO THE LEFT OF ME HERE,
WHICH WAS A CRUDE-OIL REFINERY.
00:13:53.066 --> 00:13:55.901
AND THE OTHER ONE
DOWN THE COAST HERE
00:13:55.969 --> 00:13:57.736
WAS A GASOLINE REFINERY.
00:13:57.804 --> 00:13:59.905
OKAY, NOW,
THAT SETS THE STAGE
00:13:59.973 --> 00:14:03.142
FOR WHAT HAPPENED
ON THAT FATEFUL EVENING,
00:14:03.209 --> 00:14:05.010
AND WHAT WAS THE EVENING?
00:14:05.078 --> 00:14:07.746
THE EVENING WAS
FEBRUARY 23, 1942.
00:14:07.814 --> 00:14:10.549
JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS
AFTER PEARL HARBOR.
00:14:10.617 --> 00:14:12.785
ABOUT 69 DAYS
AFTER PEARL HARBOR.
00:14:12.852 --> 00:14:14.286
OKAY, WHAT HAPPENED?
00:14:14.354 --> 00:14:16.689
AND ON THAT EVENING,
ABOUT 7:00 P.M. --
00:14:16.756 --> 00:14:18.891
IT WAS STILL LIGHT
AT THAT TIME.
00:14:18.958 --> 00:14:21.960
THEY HAD DOUBLE
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME INTRODUCED
00:14:22.028 --> 00:14:24.263
RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE WAR.
00:14:24.330 --> 00:14:27.733
AND A JAPANESE SUBMARINE
APPEARED OVER HERE TO THE EAST,
00:14:27.801 --> 00:14:29.835
WHERE THAT SHIP IS
DOWN THERE,
00:14:29.903 --> 00:14:33.238
AND STARTED MOVING
ALONG THE COAST SLOWLY.
00:14:33.306 --> 00:14:36.508
THE SAILORS EMERGED
OUT OF THE SUBMARINE
00:14:36.576 --> 00:14:38.644
AND STARTED LOADING THE GUN
00:14:38.712 --> 00:14:41.847
AND POINTING IT
TOWARDS THE COAST HERE,
00:14:41.915 --> 00:14:44.383
AND THEN
THEY STARTED FIRING.
00:14:44.451 --> 00:14:48.454
SO A JAPANESE SUB ACTUALLY FIRED
FROM RIGHT OUT HERE.
00:14:48.521 --> 00:14:50.322
HOW FAR OFF THE COAST?
00:14:50.390 --> 00:14:53.492
APPROXIMATELY 2,500 FEET
OFF THE COAST,
00:14:53.560 --> 00:14:56.261
AND MOVING PARALLEL
TO THE COAST.
00:14:56.329 --> 00:15:00.232
THEY FIRED ABOUT --
AS FAR AS THEY CAN DETERMINE --
00:15:00.300 --> 00:15:01.734
26 ROUNDS TOTALLY,
00:15:01.801 --> 00:15:04.970
ABOUT 5 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER
GUN ROUNDS.
00:15:05.038 --> 00:15:07.473
WERE THEY TRYING TO HIT
THE OIL REFINERY?
00:15:07.540 --> 00:15:09.842
THEY WERE TRYING TO HIT
THE OIL TANKS
00:15:09.909 --> 00:15:11.910
IS WHAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO HIT.
00:15:11.978 --> 00:15:15.381
THERE WERE 4 LARGE TANKS SITTING
UP ON THE BLUFFS OVER HERE,
00:15:15.448 --> 00:15:16.782
BACK ABOUT A HALF MILE,
00:15:16.850 --> 00:15:19.284
AND THEY WERE FULL
OF HIGH-TEST GASOLINE.
00:15:19.352 --> 00:15:21.553
THEY WERE TRYING TO HIT
THOSE TANKS.
00:15:21.621 --> 00:15:23.355
THEY WEREN'T VERY GOOD AT IT,
HOWEVER.
00:15:23.423 --> 00:15:24.990
THEY MISSED.
00:15:25.058 --> 00:15:29.595
SO THE JAPANESE WERE DOING THIS
REALLY TO PUT A SCARE IN AMERICA
00:15:29.662 --> 00:15:33.165
OR TO ACTUALLY
STRATEGICALLY HIT THESE TANKS?
00:15:33.233 --> 00:15:35.868
I THINK THEIR MOTIVES
WERE BOTH.
00:15:35.935 --> 00:15:38.904
THEY WERE TRYING TO SCARE
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
00:15:38.972 --> 00:15:41.540
TO LET THEM KNOW THAT
THE JAPANESE COULD COME
00:15:41.608 --> 00:15:43.542
TO THE COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES
00:15:43.610 --> 00:15:45.411
AND ATTACK US,
00:15:45.478 --> 00:15:48.347
AND THEY BROUGHT THE BATTLE,
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE WAR,
00:15:48.415 --> 00:15:50.616
RIGHT TO THE COAST
OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:15:50.684 --> 00:15:52.751
AND THE WESTERN FRONT
WAS RIGHT HERE.
00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:57.222
[ FANFARE PLAYS ]
00:15:57.290 --> 00:15:58.657
Man: ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST,
00:15:58.725 --> 00:16:00.626
THE HUNT IS ON
FOR THE JAP SUBMARINE
00:16:00.694 --> 00:16:04.129
THAT BROUGHT THE WAR
TO U.S. SOIL.
00:16:04.197 --> 00:16:06.265
THE MARAUDER OPENED UP
AGAINST OIL REFINERIES
00:16:06.332 --> 00:16:07.900
NEAR THE BEACH
AT SANTA BARBARA.
00:16:07.967 --> 00:16:10.536
RIGGING AND PUMPING EQUIPMENT
AT ONE PLANT
00:16:10.603 --> 00:16:12.438
WAS SHATTERED BY A DIRECT HIT
00:16:12.505 --> 00:16:16.275
AS THE NIGHT RAIDER FIRED
25 SHELLS AT THE DERRICKS.
00:16:22.949 --> 00:16:26.452
AIMED AT THOSE STORAGE TANKS,
00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:29.121
DECK GUNS FROM ONLY A MILE
OFFSHORE MISSED THEIR MARKS.
00:16:29.189 --> 00:16:31.290
A PIECE OF SHELL
MADE IN TOKYO --
00:16:31.358 --> 00:16:33.592
IT DID LITTLE HARM,
BUT IT WAS THE FIRST FIRED
00:16:33.660 --> 00:16:35.627
IN THIS WAR
AGAINST OUR OWN SHORES.
00:16:35.695 --> 00:16:37.563
THERE'S THE CRATER
OF A 5-INCHER,
00:16:37.630 --> 00:16:39.732
NEARLY BIG ENOUGH
TO HIDE THAT JEEP --
00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:43.102
BIG ENOUGH
FOR ALL AMERICA TO SEE.
00:16:47.741 --> 00:16:50.476
THE OCTOPUS OF WAR
EMBRACES THE WORLD.
00:16:50.543 --> 00:16:53.779
WAR EVERYWHERE --
IN THE ATLANTIC, THE PACIFIC,
00:16:53.847 --> 00:16:56.281
THE CHINA SEAS,
THE INDIAN OCEAN,
00:16:56.349 --> 00:16:58.117
ON ALL FIVE CONTINENTS.
00:16:58.184 --> 00:17:01.320
NO AMERICAN DOUBTS NOW
THAT THIS WAR IS OUR WAR.
00:17:01.388 --> 00:17:04.857
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE
THE WAR OF 1812 WITH THE BRITISH
00:17:04.924 --> 00:17:07.993
THAT THE UNITED STATES
WAS ATTACKED BY A FOREIGN POWER
00:17:08.061 --> 00:17:11.096
AND THE ONLY TIME WE WERE
ATTACKED ON THE WEST COAST.
00:17:11.164 --> 00:17:13.832
THE OTHER ATTACK, OF COURSE,
OCCURRED
00:17:13.900 --> 00:17:16.702
WITH THE BRITISH ON WASHINGTON
IN 1812.
00:17:16.770 --> 00:17:18.570
SO THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME
00:17:18.638 --> 00:17:21.373
THE UNITED STATES
HAD BEEN ATTACKED --
00:17:21.441 --> 00:17:23.876
THE MAINLAND
OF THE UNITED STATES
00:17:23.943 --> 00:17:26.145
HAD BEEN ATTACKED
BY A FOREIGN POWER
00:17:26.212 --> 00:17:27.513
SINCE 1812.
00:17:27.580 --> 00:17:28.814
SINCE 1812.
00:17:28.882 --> 00:17:31.083
AND CARLO WAS HERE.
YOU WERE HERE THAT DAY.
00:17:31.151 --> 00:17:32.251
YEAH, I WAS HERE.
00:17:32.318 --> 00:17:33.886
TELL US WHAT THAT WAS LIKE
00:17:33.953 --> 00:17:36.188
TO BE HERE
THE DAY HISTORY WAS MADE
00:17:36.256 --> 00:17:39.892
WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED THE
MAINLAND OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:17:39.959 --> 00:17:43.162
AT THAT TIME,
I WAS ABOUT 14 1/2 YEARS OLD,
00:17:43.229 --> 00:17:46.932
AND THE WAR HAD JUST BEEN GOING
A COUPLE OF MONTHS,
00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:48.867
SINCE THE 7th OF DECEMBER.
00:17:48.935 --> 00:17:53.872
WE WERE HUDDLED AROUND
OUR GIANT EVEREADY RADIO AT HOME
00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:59.044
LISTENING TO ONE OF PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT'S FIRESIDE CHATS.
00:17:59.112 --> 00:18:04.316
AND, AS JUSTIN MENTIONED, WITH
THE DOUBLE DAYLIGHT SAVING,
00:18:04.384 --> 00:18:08.687
WHY, AT 7:00 THERE WAS
A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIGHT.
00:18:08.755 --> 00:18:10.556
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN --
00:18:10.623 --> 00:18:13.726
IT WAS ACTUALLY DURING
THE FIRESIDE CHAT.
00:18:13.793 --> 00:18:16.995
I DON'T KNOW
WHETHER THEY TIMED IT THAT WAY
00:18:17.063 --> 00:18:19.098
OR WHETHER IT WAS JUST LUCK,
00:18:19.165 --> 00:18:22.501
BUT I HEARD THIS BANG
AND THEN ANOTHER BANG,
00:18:22.569 --> 00:18:24.203
AND I RAN OUTSIDE.
00:18:24.270 --> 00:18:27.473
AND WE HAVE A HILLSIDE
RIGHT NEAR OUR HOME,
00:18:27.540 --> 00:18:30.209
WHICH IS --
WE'RE IN THE FOOTHILLS
00:18:30.276 --> 00:18:33.612
DIRECTLY NORTH
AND A LITTLE BIT EAST OF HERE.
00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:35.848
AND YOU COULD SEE
THESE FLASHES.
00:18:35.915 --> 00:18:38.250
I DIDN'T KNOW
THERE WAS 26 OF THEM.
00:18:38.318 --> 00:18:41.153
I KNEW THERE WERE
BETWEEN 20 AND 30 OF THEM,
00:18:41.221 --> 00:18:42.855
AND IT GAVE ME ENOUGH TIME
00:18:42.922 --> 00:18:45.324
TO RUN UP TO THE CREST
OF THIS HILL,
00:18:45.392 --> 00:18:48.927
AND I SAT THERE AND I WATCHED
THE FLASH OF THE SUBMARINE.
00:18:48.995 --> 00:18:52.798
I'LL BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU --
I COULD NOT SEE THE SUBMARINE,
00:18:52.866 --> 00:18:56.035
EITHER BECAUSE OF THE BANK
OR BECAUSE OF THE HAZE.
00:18:56.102 --> 00:18:59.204
BUT YOU COULD SEE THE FLASHES
COMING FROM OUT HERE.
00:18:59.272 --> 00:19:00.472
YES.
00:19:00.540 --> 00:19:02.775
AND IT MUST'VE MADE
A HECK OF A SOUND.
00:19:02.842 --> 00:19:04.076
IT MADE A BIG SOUND.
00:19:04.144 --> 00:19:05.444
AND IT WENT ON FOR --
00:19:05.512 --> 00:19:07.980
LIKE I SAY,
IT SEEMED A LONG TIME THEN.
00:19:08.048 --> 00:19:10.749
THERE WAS AN INTERVAL
IN BETWEEN EACH SHELL.
00:19:10.817 --> 00:19:13.385
I'M SURE THEY HAD TO LOAD
THEIR DECK GUNS
00:19:13.453 --> 00:19:15.487
OR WHATEVER
THEY WERE SHOOTING.
00:19:15.555 --> 00:19:17.489
IT WAS A 5-INCH GUN,
I GUESS.
00:19:17.557 --> 00:19:20.292
WELL, WHAT DID THE PEOPLE
OF GOLETA THINK?
00:19:20.360 --> 00:19:21.660
WERE YOU SCARED?
00:19:21.728 --> 00:19:23.896
DID YOU THINK
THIS WAS AN INVASION?
00:19:23.963 --> 00:19:27.900
THERE'S AN AMUSING SIDELIGHT
TO THAT
00:19:27.967 --> 00:19:31.036
BECAUSE THE NEXT DAY,
THE PEOPLE WERE SCARED.
00:19:31.104 --> 00:19:34.807
THERE WERE NO TROOPS HERE
AND NO ONE KNEW WHAT HAPPENED.
00:19:34.874 --> 00:19:36.442
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
00:19:36.509 --> 00:19:39.044
WE HAD THE FORMATION
OF THE HOME GUARD.
00:19:39.112 --> 00:19:42.014
[ Chuckling ] NOW,
THIS ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE
00:19:42.082 --> 00:19:43.782
SOMETHING OUT OF A MOVIE.
00:19:43.850 --> 00:19:47.252
WHAT WAS IT? "THE RUSSIANS
ARE COMING" OR WHATEVER?
00:19:47.320 --> 00:19:48.721
YOU DEFENDED GOLETA.
00:19:48.788 --> 00:19:51.056
RIGHT,
AND WE WERE DOWN MARCHING.
00:19:51.124 --> 00:19:54.259
THE ONLY GOOD THING
WAS NO ONE WOUNDED EACH OTHER
00:19:54.327 --> 00:19:56.862
BECAUSE EVERYONE CAME
WITH THEIR GUNS,
00:19:56.930 --> 00:19:58.597
AND THEY WERE ALL LOADED.
00:19:58.665 --> 00:20:01.300
AND THERE WERE EVERY SIZE
AND TYPE OF GUN
00:20:01.368 --> 00:20:03.235
THAT YOU COULD
POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
00:20:03.303 --> 00:20:05.237
Howser: WELL, IT TURNS OUT
00:20:05.305 --> 00:20:08.841
THIS AMAZING EVENT
HAD ONE MORE ELEMENT TO IT.
00:20:08.908 --> 00:20:11.643
SO NEXT WE DROVE
A COUPLE OF MILES
00:20:11.711 --> 00:20:14.546
DIRECTLY INLAND
FROM THE GOLF COURSE
00:20:14.614 --> 00:20:18.517
TO THE EMBARCADERO RANCH
TO GET THE SCOOP FIRSTHAND.
00:20:18.585 --> 00:20:22.621
NOW, MRS. PRATT,
YOU LIVED HERE ON THIS RANCH.
00:20:22.689 --> 00:20:26.625
YES. WE HAD LIVED HERE
FOR 7 YEARS AT THAT TIME,
00:20:26.693 --> 00:20:28.794
THE NIGHT OF THE SHELLING.
00:20:28.862 --> 00:20:33.098
TELL ME ABOUT THE SHELLING,
BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER IT.
00:20:33.166 --> 00:20:35.300
YOU HAVE A STORY ABOUT IT.
00:20:35.368 --> 00:20:37.703
IT WAS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME,
00:20:37.771 --> 00:20:40.839
AND THERE WAS
TWO HOURS DIFFERENCE.
00:20:40.907 --> 00:20:44.610
SO IT WAS STILL LIGHT
AT A LITTLE AFTER 7:00
00:20:44.678 --> 00:20:47.946
WHEN PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
WAS SPEAKING.
00:20:48.014 --> 00:20:50.683
AND I WAS
OUT IN MY YARD WATERING.
00:20:50.750 --> 00:20:53.318
MY CHILDREN
WERE ALREADY IN BED.
00:20:53.386 --> 00:20:57.356
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I HEARD
THIS BANG, BANG, BANGING,
00:20:57.424 --> 00:21:00.025
AND I THOUGHT
IT WAS AN EXPLOSION
00:21:00.093 --> 00:21:03.729
DOWN AT THE REFINERY,
AT THE BARNESDALE REFINERY.
00:21:03.797 --> 00:21:07.399
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN,
SOMETHING WAS COMING AT ME,
00:21:07.467 --> 00:21:10.602
A WHIZZING SOUND
THAT SCARED ME TO DEATH.
00:21:10.670 --> 00:21:13.339
WHAT DO YOU MEAN
A WHIZZING SOUND?
00:21:13.406 --> 00:21:17.676
WELL, WHAT DOES A SHELL
SOUND LIKE WHEN IT'S GOING?
00:21:17.744 --> 00:21:21.447
IT'S JUST A WHISTLING SOUND,
I WOULD SAY --
00:21:21.514 --> 00:21:23.115
A WHISTLING SOUND.
00:21:23.183 --> 00:21:26.151
AND I GOT MYSELF
UP ON THE PORCH.
00:21:26.219 --> 00:21:31.090
BUT BEFORE THE SHELL CAME,
IT STOPPED -- THE SOUND STOPPED.
00:21:31.157 --> 00:21:34.193
AND THAT UNDOUBTEDLY
WAS THE SHELL
00:21:34.260 --> 00:21:36.962
THAT WAS FOUND
THE NEXT MORNING.
00:21:37.030 --> 00:21:38.931
SO THERE WASN'T
AN EXPLOSION.
00:21:38.998 --> 00:21:41.266
NO, THERE WAS NO EXPLOSION.
IT WAS A DUD.
00:21:41.334 --> 00:21:43.035
HERE IS THE SHELL.
00:21:43.103 --> 00:21:45.371
NOW, THIS IS THE SHELL --
00:21:45.438 --> 00:21:50.075
THIS, AT THAT TIME,
WAS PROBABLY 250 TO 300 FEET
00:21:50.143 --> 00:21:53.812
FROM WHERE OUR HOUSE
ACTUALLY WAS.
00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:57.916
SO YOUR HOUSE
WAS JUST RIGHT OUT HERE.
00:21:57.984 --> 00:22:00.219
NOW, HOW DID WE GET
THE SHELL?
00:22:00.286 --> 00:22:01.920
Woman: WELL, MY FATHER,
00:22:01.988 --> 00:22:05.157
WHO HAPPENED NOT TO BE HERE
WHEN THIS HAPPENED,
00:22:05.225 --> 00:22:06.825
WAS DOWN SOUTH.
00:22:06.893 --> 00:22:10.562
AND HE WAS, OF COURSE,
VERY INTERESTED IN HAVING IT,
00:22:10.630 --> 00:22:14.166
BUT THE MILITARY TOOK IT
BACK TO ABERDEEN, MARYLAND,
00:22:14.234 --> 00:22:15.934
TO STUDY IT.
00:22:16.002 --> 00:22:20.105
AND HE GOT TO WORK RIGHT AWAY
AND SAID HE'D LIKE TO HAVE IT
00:22:20.173 --> 00:22:22.908
WHEN THEY WERE THROUGH
STUDYING IT.
00:22:22.976 --> 00:22:27.046
AND IT TOOK TWO OR THREE YEARS
TO GET IT BACK FROM THEM.
00:22:27.113 --> 00:22:29.381
TO GET IT
FROM THE MILITARY.
00:22:29.449 --> 00:22:33.719
AND THEY SENT IT BACK FINALLY,
AND WE'VE HAD IT EVER SINCE.
00:22:33.787 --> 00:22:36.288
SO THIS IS LIKE
A FAMILY SOUVENIR.
00:22:36.356 --> 00:22:37.756
FAMILY HEIRLOOM.
00:22:37.824 --> 00:22:40.626
THIS IS A REAL BIT OF HISTORY
RIGHT HERE.
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OH, SURE IT IS.
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YOU KNOW, THIS OUGHT TO BE
IN THE SMITHSONIAN OR SOMETHING,
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INSTEAD OF IN FRONT
OF YOUR FIREPLACE.
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MINE.
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THE JAPANESE GAVE IT TO US,
DIDN'T THEY?
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[ LAUGHS ]
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IT'S MINE!
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WELL, JUSTIN,
IT'S A FASCINATING STORY,
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AND, YOU KNOW,
I LOVE HISTORY,
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AND I THOUGHT I KNEW HISTORY
PRETTY WELL.
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I'D NEVER HEARD OF THIS
BEFORE.
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YES, IT IS A SOMEWHAT OBSCURE
FOOTNOTE TO HISTORY,
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BUT IT WAS A MAJOR EVENT
AT THE TIME.
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AND IT OCCURRED RIGHT HERE
IN THIS --
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WHAT LOOKS TO BE A REMOTE AREA
AT THIS POINT,
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BUT IS THE CENTER OF A LARGE
POPULATION AREA TODAY.
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IT'S INTERESTING.
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THERE'S JUST A LITTLE PLAQUE
ON THE GOLF COURSE --
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THAT'S IT.
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OTHERWISE,
EVERYTHING IS GONE.
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THE PIERS ARE GONE.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE GONE.
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MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE GONE.
IT IS THE 50th YEAR.
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WE HAD THE 50th ANNIVERSARY
CELEBRATION LAST YEAR,
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IN FEBRUARY,
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AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE
WHO WERE HERE ARE GONE.
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WHAT YOU SEE TODAY
IS PRETTY PRISTINE LOOKING,
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BUT IT WAS A VERY ACTIVE
OIL FIELD AT ONE TIME.
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WELL, IT'S INTERESTING
THAT IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE.
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YOU KIND OF WONDER WHAT
IT MUST'VE BEEN LIKE TO LOOK OUT
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AND THERE A JAPANESE SUB
SURFACED
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AND THE GUNS
STARTED BLAZING.
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YES, I THINK ANYBODY
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WHO HAD A CHANCE TO STAND HERE
AND WATCH IT AT THE TIME
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WOULD BE ASTOUNDED,
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AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE TODAY WHO
COME BY HERE AND HEAR THE STORY
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HAVE A HARD TIME IMAGINING
WHAT HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
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YOU PROBABLY HAD TO BE ALIVE
AT THE TIME
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TO UNDERSTAND
THE WAY THE COUNTRY FELT --
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THIS WAR MODE,
THIS WAR SCARE --
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THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING
THAT REALLY BROUGHT IT HOME.
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YES.
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THIS ACTION WAS FOLLOWED UP BY
NATIONWIDE BOND DRIVES.
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AND THEY USED THE SLOGAN
"AVENGE ELLWOOD..."
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AVENGE ELLWOOD.
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...TO RAISE FUNDS TO FIGHT
THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
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WOW.
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SO IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PART
OF OUR HISTORIC HERITAGE
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IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
AND FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS.
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WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT --
TWO RATHER OBSCURE STORIES
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CONNECTING CALIFORNIA
WITH WORLD WAR II.
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FIRST WE WENT DOWN
TO THE LONG BEACH NAVAL SHIPYARD
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AND CLIMBED AROUND
ON HERMAN THE GERMAN.
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AND WE'VE ENDED UP
HERE ON THE BEACH IN ELLWOOD
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ON THE CENTRAL COAST,
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WHERE ON THAT FATEFUL NIGHT
BACK IN 1942,
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HISTORY BOOMED FORTH
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FROM A JAPANESE SUBMARINE
RIGHT OFF THE COAST.
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AND, OF COURSE, THESE ARE JUST
TWO OF MANY STORIES
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CONNECTING CALIFORNIA
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WITH THAT FATEFUL PERIOD
IN WORLD HISTORY.
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HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED
THIS PROGRAM,
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AND, AS ALWAYS,
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YOU'RE INVITED TO COME ON ALONG
WITH US AGAIN NEXT TIME
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AS WE ALL CONTINUE
OUR SEARCH TOGETHER
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FOR CALIFORNIA'S GOLD.
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GOODBYE, EVERYBODY.
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