Project Bullet set a transcontinental speed record. A Vought F8U Crusader flew from California to New York at 725.55 mile per hour. Who was the Marine pilot?
I doubt too much is taught in school about this historic event in our history. The entire country came together to defeat, not just one, but two world powers.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor anti-aircraft artillery was placed up and down the California Coast in case the Japanese might try to attack the west coast of the United States.