![]() ![]() So began a salacious, high-stakes, Hollywood saga, opening a window onto a very different world of men than those fighting the war. Flynn’s woes multiplied four days later when two more charges were brought against him for twice raping a 15-year-old girl aboard his yacht a year earlier. It was the first report of a stunning and dark LA story that would consume public attention.Īctor Errol Flynn was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl at a party in Bel-Air. On October 17, as Japan launched a vicious attack on American forces on the island of Guadalcanal, news of an Australian-born man much beloved by Americans hit the papers. ![]() ![]() Across the Pacific, Americans and Australians were locked in titanic battles against the Japanese on air, land and sea, especially in the Solomon Islands. In October 1942, America was still reeling from the attacks ten months before on Pearl Harbor. Warning: this article contains descriptions of sexual and colonial violence.Įighty years ago, the Pacific War felt close to Los Angeles. ![]()
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