today's trivia
On May 5, 1945, near Bly, Oregon, six civilians became the only WWII deaths by enemy action in the contiguous United States. What enemy weapon killed these six civilians?
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The Japanese launched 9300 Fu-Go incendiary balloon bombs. The intent was for them to ride the jet stream across the Pacific to start forest fires. Of the 9300 launched, only about 300 reached North America. They did pose a bit of a threat, and the war department decided to keep their arrivals out of the news to keep the info about their arrivals out of Japanese hands. The ill-fated civilians encountered one of these bombs in the forest in Oregon.
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killed by the bomb. Archie was later taken captive by the VC on May 30, 1962 during a mission trip and he was never seen again.
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One of the balloons made it all the way to Omaha
I visited the site last fall
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