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"5th May 1945. The only civilian deaths on the U.S. mainland caused by enemy action during the Second World War occurred near Bly, Oregon. Elsie Mitchell (who was pregnant) and 5 children from her husband’s Sunday school class were killed when a Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb they had found exploded."

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  "(Diagram illustrating the weapon, with a ‘basket’ containing ballast, an altitude control device and bombs suspended by shrouds under a large spherical balloon)
  
  More than 9,000 Fu-Go balloon bombs were launched from Japan towards the United States between November 1944 and April 1945. Carrying incendiary bombs and anti-personnel devices, they were intended to start forest fires. In reality, though several hundred did reach the mainland, they caused little damage because of the prevailing wet conditions at that time of year.
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  "(Plaque on a stone column bearing the names of the victims)
  
  Mitchell Memorial to the victims at Leonard Creek, Gearhart Mountain. Elsie Mitchell’s husband, Archie, was parking his car when he heard her call to him that the group had found a balloon. Having heard rumours of Japanese balloon bombs, he shouted a warning, but it was too late to prevent the tragedy. The U.S. government only officially admitted the cause of the deaths on 1st June, having belatedly released a warning about the weapons on 22nd May.
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