Japan's World War II Bombing Runs on Mainland U.S.

For the most part, America's involvement in World War II occurred outside of its borders.   As fighting raged on in Europe and in the Pacific, the continental United States was almost entirely untouched.  The exception was courtesy of Nobuo Fujita, pictured right, the pilot of the "Glen," a Japanese reconnaissance seaplane which disembarked from submarines -- in this case, the I-25 -- in what is now known as the "Lookout Air Raids."