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This Day in History - 1945: Six Killed in Oregon By Japanese Bomb
World  (tags: on this day, japan, bomb, deaths, oregon, ww2, balloon, usa )

Chrissy
- 227 days ago - history.com
In Lakeview, Oregon, Mrs. Elsie Mitchell and five neighborhood children are killed while attempting to drag a Japanese balloon out the woods. Unbeknownst to Mitchell and the children, the balloon was armed, and it exploded soon after they began tampering
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Kathy W. (301)
Tuesday May 5, 2009, 1:21 am
I did not know this. Thanks Chrissy.
 

William S. (19)
Tuesday May 5, 2009, 6:10 pm
Very interesting. I heard about this as a proposed military tactic that was to be used by the Japaneese during World War 2 but I never knew that they actually carried it out and people lost their lives. thanks Chrissy for the article..
 

Charlie L. (29)
Wednesday May 6, 2009, 11:36 pm
Noted, thanks Chrissy.
 
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