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A 1941 FBI Raid Reveals a Network of Japanese Spies in LA
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A 1941 FBI Raid Reveals a Network of Japanese Spies in LA
In 1941, Naval Intelligence zero in on a Japanese spy named Itaru Tachibana. Raiding his room at the Olympic Hotel in Los Angeles reveals a stash of documents that outlined the extent of his undercover network.
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- investigation
- research
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- Saturday
- 7:00pm
Dec 07 -
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Dec 08 -
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- 6:00pm
Dec 27
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On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan's war machine attacked Pearl Harbor, killing over 2,300 American servicemen. The conventional story is that America was caught sleeping that day and was hit without warning. But newly declassified documents from U.S. Naval Intelligence and the FBI reveal a very different tale, one of Japanese and German spies studying Pearl Harbor long before the assault. So, how were we still caught so tragically off guard? Modern historians are determined to find out.
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