[or-roots] WWII - Japanese Bomb Oregon

[kat1928 at integrity.com]

Quoting wm0g at comcast.net:

> 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

Jack;

I remember when our forces sank a Japanese sub just off the coast of Oregon.  It
never made the news so not many people knew about it.

Dorothy