Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Clause
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Clause by Greg Oberst
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Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Clause by Greg Oberst

This podcast features a 70-year-old recording of a holiday radio program hosted by my father, Norm Oberst. Charming local radio (theater) the way it once was. Thanks very much for listening. Greg

Welcome to Part 3 of Surrendering the Sword, the true story of former Imperial Japanese Navy pilot Nobuo Fujita. Nobuo was the only enemy pilot to bomb the United States mainland by fixed-wing aircraft in WWII and in the history of the country. This final episode of the series features a historic audio recording of the May 28, 1962 sword surrendering ceremony. The tape was made by my father, Norm…

Hello and thanks for listening to part two of Surrendering the Sword. In this episode, we’ll review Nobuo Fujita’s extraordinary and controversial return visit to Brookings, Oregon in 1962. The visit, orchestrated by the local Jaycees club, came 20 years after Nobuo’s historic flight over the Southern Oregon Coast Range, a mission that made him the only enemy pilot to bomb the mainland United…

Welcome to Surrendering the Sword. Part one of this three-part podcast series chronicles the true story of Nobuo Fujita, a former Japanese Navy pilot who, in 1942, became the first and only enemy pilot to bomb the American mainland by fixed-wing aircraft. Fujita made two bombing runs over the southern Oregon coast range. Part two of the series, coming soon, follows Fujita’s controversial visit to…