As war clouds gathered in May 1938, the U.S. Army Air Corps staged four days of war games on Long Island, and “bombed” a war factory in Farmingdale. Their goals: Prepare the civilian population to comply with blackout orders in the event of an attack, test anti-air defenses still in their infancy, and demonstrate that American fly-boys could meet any threat. It’s America’s first air raid drill, this week on Angry History…
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