Pearl Harbor Came as No Surprise: How The Central Coast Prepared for World War 2 - Dick Miller

November 10, 2025 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Location: Oddfellows Hall (520 Dana Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401). General Admission: $12.00. Most of us recall that on December 7, 1941, a Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor drew us into the Second World War. Yet anyone living on the West Coast at the time and paying the slightest attention knew that the US and Japan had been on a collision course for decades as each tried to outflank the other as the dominant economic and cultural force in the Pacific. In 1935, the SLO Tribune foretold the coming of the next war, and declared that when it came, the Central Coast would be right in the middle. Textbooks and TV specials usually don’t report much about the pre-war build-up on the Central Coast. This course will try to fill in some of the gaps. Purchase your ticket here: https://www.my805tix.com/e/world-war-2/tickets

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