[Grovenet] Peace in Iraq/WWII plans

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

Those are great links Steven. Thanks. 

Here are more pictures of the "Vengeance Balloons":

http://web.umr.edu/~rogersda/forensic_geology/Japenese%20vengenance%20bombs%
20new.htm

I don't think I've ever heard about the aircraft attacks! I've read about
their experiments with stowing a seaplane on a submarine but didn't realize
they had tried to use it against the mainland USA. 

The shelling of the oil refinery I was thinking of is called the Elwood
Incident and is described here:

http://www.militarymuseum.org/Ellwood.html

Ron D'Eau Claire 




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Here are some links http://www.outwestnewspaper.com/bomboregon.html
On August 15, 1942, Fujita boarded a 1950-ton Japanese submarine for the
trip to the American shore. Stored on-board the small sub was a
single-engine airplane which would transport him and his navigator Yukio
Okudaon their daring raid.

By early September, the ship had reached its planned position off the Oregon
coast. Every morning for days thereafter, the periscope would be raised only
to reveal weather too foul to fly in. Dejected, Fujita would retreat to his
room to wait for the next day.

http://www.historynet.com/magazines/aviation_history/3037331.html
Most Americans probably believe that continental United States has never
been bombed. The relative isolation of America, plus the defensive strengths
of its Air Force and Navy, have supposedly eliminated such a threat. But is
that really true? The answer is no--America has been bombed from the air,
not once but twice. These little-publicized events took place in September
1942, and the attacker was an aircraft launched from a submarine of the
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon_bomb
The bombs actually caused little damage, but their potential for destruction
and fires was large. The bombs also had a potential psychological effect on
the American people. The U.S. strategy was to not let Japan know of the
balloon bombs' effectiveness. Cooperating with the desires of the
government, the press did not publish any balloon bomb incidents. As a
result, the Japanese only learned of one bomb reaching Wyoming, landing and
failing to explode, so they stopped the launches after less than six months.

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==104
2
In the mountains east of Brookings, Oregon, you can hike a trail and see
where a Japanese bomb landed during WWII. There were no people there then,
and there aren't any now, on 1/7/00. [Janebird, 01/08/2000] (Japanese Bombed
Here: Brookings, OR Directions: From South Bank Rd., six miles on Wheeler
Creek Rd. to east side of Mt. Emily, the hiking trail extends one-half mile
to the top -- may be called the Bombsite Trail. )

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