A rancher, named Siegfried Dietzman, was arrested for calling relatives in Berlin after the Pearl Harbor bombing. One of the unluckiest men in the valley lived in Castaic. It was a signal for the Newhall Airport a few miles south.īERLIN. Every day at sunset, loud military sirens went off to signal, “Lights out!” The only glow visible was the giant airplane beacon in Castaic. Soldiers and Civil Defense patrolmen made sure no light was visible in town after dusk. LIGHTS OUT! - Because there was the fear that Japan would launch an attack from the Pacific, a total blackout of the SCV was initiated. The 115th Combat Engineers set up headquarters in the Newhall Elementary playground, setting up machine gun towers surrounded by barbed wire. The 160th Infantry set up camp in Saxonia Park in Placerita Canyon. THE SCV BECOMES AN INSTANT FORTRESS - Because the Newhall-Saugus area was deemed one of the most significant military targets on the entire planet, Army troops were instantly sent to patrol the valley. The village was effectively under martial law.
Overnight, the Santa Clarita Valley solemnly changed. 7, 1941, the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and America was at war with the Axis powers. THE WAR BEGINS - Eight decades back, on Dec. The severity of his sentence was due to his lengthy record of selling illegal hootch, primarily to prison inmates in the Lake Elizabeth area. SCV Signal News Podcast with Aron BenderĪND TODAY, WE TIP THEM - Lou Klein of Saugus was given seven years in prison for bootlegging.
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