[or-roots] WWII - Japanese Bomb Oregon

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Speaking of WWII -- Does anyone remember this little piece of history trivia?
 6 people on a church picnic in Bly, OR were killed by a Japanese Fugo bomb in 1945. The only time America had aerial bombing casualties by a foreign country. Many Fugo bombs were found in Oregon in the late part of the War. 
It is a vivid memory in my wife's family as her uncle, Jerry Riddle was one of the kids that was picnicking there. All of these kids parents worked for the same lumber company, Crane Lumber in Bly, OR. 

http://www.stelzriede.com/ms/html/sub/mshwfug2.htm

Jack Ciaccia
Boulder, CO
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