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By Douglass Halvorsen, June 24, 2012
Mitchell Monument Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| Near National Forest Development Road 348, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In Memory Of:
Elsie Mitchell Age 26
Dick Patzke Age 14
Jay Gifford Age 13
Edward Engen Age 13
Joan Patzke Age 13
Sherman Shoemaker Age 11
Who Died Here
May 5, 1945
By
Japanese Bomb Explosion
Only Place On The
American . . . — — Map (db m112534) HM WM |
| On Klamath Falls-Lakeview Hwy (Oregon Route 140). |
| | Very near here, on a warm spring day in 1945, six people-a woman and five children-were killed by a Japanese "balloon bomb," or Fugo. The party had arrived for a picnic when they discovered the deflated balloon. While they gathered around the . . . — — Map (db m112533) HM |
Apr. 29, 2024