Posted: 4/23/2003 1:54:52 PM EDT
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When I was in SF tech school in Texas our instructors told us a story during land nav one day. Our training ground was called Camp Bullis which is right near Fort Sam Houston. Apparently during WWII the Japanese tried to invade the US through Mexico using gliders manned by elite Japanese IG and German SS troops. Theres alot more to the story about how they were defeated and the Govt took over the land where the battles happened but I was just wondering if this is true or not. |
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I know about the Aleutian Islands invasion and air balloon bomb attacks by the Japanese. And the German U boats on our coast, as well as the few crews who came ashore and got captured. But I'm honestly not familiar with a Axis Mexico Campaign. I believe it might have been planned (along with other improbable crap like a Japanese west coast invasion and a German long range bombing campaing on New York) but I don't think it ever happened or even got started. |
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Quoted: I know about the Aleutian Islands invasion and air balloon bomb attacks by the Japanese. And the German U boats on our coast, as well as the few crews who came ashore and got captured. But I'm honestly not familiar with a Axis Mexico Campaign. I believe it might have been planned (along with other improbable crap like a Japanese west coast invasion and a German long range bombing campaing on New York) but I don't think it ever happened or even got started. The aleutian attack was ment by the Japs to be a diversion to their real target... Midway but we had cracked their codes by then and knew that Midway was the target. We set a trap and sank 4 enemy carriers. It was the turning point of the Pacific war. we then let the japs freeze their balls off on Atu and Kiska for a few years then kicked their asses their too. BTW japs invading on baloons is BS there were a few bombs floated over from balloons, I think one killed some picknickers in Washington or Oregon. |
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Hmm Well in the hills surrounding the area (this area is huge, I mean Camp Bullis is probably bigger then RI) there are lots of observation posts/artillery emplacements and you cans till find old artilelry shells scattered around the area. There are alos lots of fortified emplacemtns supposedly used to hold captured prisoners. |
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Quoted: Hmm Well in the hills surrounding the area (this area is huge, I mean Camp Bullis is probably bigger then RI) there are lots of observation posts/artillery emplacements and you cans till find old artilelry shells scattered around the area. There are alos lots of fortified emplacemtns supposedly used to hold captured prisoners. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Hmm Well in the hills surrounding the area (this area is huge, I mean Camp Bullis is probably bigger then RI) there are lots of observation posts/artillery emplacements and you cans till find old artilelry shells scattered around the area. There are alos lots of fortified emplacemtns supposedly used to hold captured prisoners. Oh I wasnt offering it as proof of anything I just dont know what theya re from. |
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Quoted: When I was in SF tech school in Texas our instructors told us a story during land nav one day. Our training ground was called Camp Bullis which is right near Fort Sam Houston. Apparently during WWII the Japanese tried to invade the US through Mexico using gliders manned by elite Japanese IG and German SS troops. Theres alot more to the story about how they were defeated and the Govt took over the land where the battles happened but I was just wondering if this is true or not. [url]http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/camp-bullis.htm[/url] |
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Quoted: Quoted: I know about the Aleutian Islands invasion and air balloon bomb attacks by the Japanese. And the German U boats on our coast, as well as the few crews who came ashore and got captured. But I'm honestly not familiar with a Axis Mexico Campaign. I believe it might have been planned (along with other improbable crap like a Japanese west coast invasion and a German long range bombing campaing on New York) but I don't think it ever happened or even got started. The aleutian attack was ment by the Japs to be a diversion to their real target... Midway but we had cracked their codes by then and knew that Midway was the target. We set a trap and sank 4 enemy carriers. It was the turning point of the Pacific war. we then let the japs freeze their balls off on Atu and Kiska for a few years then kicked their asses their too. Yeah, I knew that. I thought it was common knowledge which is why I didn't mention it. Quoted: BTW japs invading on baloons is BS there were a few bombs floated over from balloons, I think one killed some picknickers in Washington or Oregon. Ummm, it wasn't a invasion. As I'm sure you know they were unmanned balloons put in the jet stream. And nobody suggested the attack was successful. |
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I grew up near Camp Bullis in the 70s-80s. Used to land nav on it with JROTC and the Boy Scouts. Still hunt there when on leave (they have a herd of axis deer along with the whitetails). My mother lives 300m from Camp Stanley (Ammo Supply Post next door to Bullis). Never heard that story. Have seen the Vietnam village and the field artillry bunkers on the hilltops. Tuukka, thats for the link. De Oppresso Liber |