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Photographer: Douglass Halvorsen
Taken: March 21, 2020
Caption: Photo Displayed on Marker
Additional Description: When balloon bombs began arriving on American shores, the US government ordered news media to keep silent about the attack. The media complied. Although local warnings about the bombs were eventually issued, news of the weapons' arrival never reached Japan, where the program was abandoned due to the apparent lack of success.
Submitted: March 22, 2020, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Database Locator Identification Number: p514246
File Size: 0.545 Megabytes

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