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FBI Reveals How Wartime Fifth Column Was Smashed
The FBI disclosed how wartime fifth column activity was dismantled after Pearl Harbor. From Jan 8 1942 to now agents recovered over 306000 rounds of ammunition 4626 firearms and related items 2340 sticks of dynamite and 3700 plus explosive components. Over 3200 shortwave radios and 4200 cameras plus maps and navigational data were seized from enemy aliens and sympathizers. Since 1942 the agency has searched nearly 25881 homes and businesses and arrested 16062 enemy aliens including 7043 Germans and 5428 Japanese.
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