Photos Taken in California | World War II Database

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'I am an American' sign displayed by a Japanese-American store owner, Oakland, California, United States, 8 Dec 1941	On the night following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the deserted Main Street of the Japanese fishing community at Fish Harbor, Terminal Island, Los Angeles, California, United States, 8 Dec 1941.

Lieutenant Commander Creed C. Burlingame at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard for the commissioning of Gato-class submarine Silversides, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Dec 1941.	Officers and men of the Gato-class submarine USS Silversides assembled on deck for the boat’s commissioning at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Dec 1941.

Freighter SS Absaroka with her decks awash after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 off the San Pedro harbor entrance, Los Angeles, California, United States, 24 Dec 1941.	A building in the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation complex in Burbank, California, United States, 1940s

A wing brace assembly for a B-25 bomber being prepared for assembly at the North American Aviation plant, California, 1942	A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83663, probably at North American Aviation Inglewood, California plant, United States, 1942; note open dive brakes

A-36A Mustang aircraft #42-83663, probably at North American Aviation plant at Inglewood, California, United States, 1942; note barrage balloons and two possible SBD Dauntless in right background	B-25 bombers under construction at North American Aviation's plant in Inglewood, California, United States, 1942

Coils of steel cables being unloaded at the Tiburon Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, California, United States, 1940s.	North American Aviation factory workers mounting an engine on a B-25 bomber, Inglewood, California, United States, 1942

P-38 Lightning aircraft being built at the Lockheed factory in Burbank, California, United States, date unknown	Laffey fitting out at the Bethlehem Steel Company shipyard, San Francisco, California, United States, 3 Jan 1942; note San Francisco's skyline in background

USS Ballard at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 5 Jan 1942; note submarines under construction, probably Wahoo and Whale	Concord off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 9 Feb 1942

Guests at the launching ceremony of submarine Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Feb 1942	Launching of submarine Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Feb 1942, photo 1 of 4; note submarine Whale nearby

Launching of submarine Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Feb 1942, photo 2 of 4; note submarine Whale nearby	Launching of submarine Wahoo, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 14 Feb 1942, photo 3 of 4; note submarine Whale nearby