12019-03-12T23:58:21+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282413plainpublished2019-08-21T14:12:22+00:00AnonymousOn October 20, 1949, the Los Angeles Sentinel carried a report from journalist Robert J. Smith aboard the USS El Dorado in the Pacific Ocean. Smith reported on a “mock invasion of the Hawaiian Islands to retake it from the simulated ‘enemy invader’ by the use of amphibious assaults upon the famous resort beaches of Oahu.”