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One woman & five children on a church sponsored outing at Mt. Gearhart, Oregon were the only casualties on American soil by Japanese balloon bombs.
Richard V. Horrell
WW 2 Connections.com
Mrs. Elsie Mitchell, who was pregnant, along with Sherman Shoemaker, 12, Jay Gifford, 12, Eddie Engen, 13, Joan Patzke, 11, and Dick Patzke, 13, were killed by the Japanese on May 5th, 1945, in Oregon.
Here is a copy of the original 1945 Seattle Times newspaper article after it happened: stelzriede.com
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How many Japanese people were killed in World War 2?
first answer: 2,620,000 to 3,120,000 Japanese people were killed in World War 2. Most people were killed by being dragged off to war, and over 110,000 Japanese people died in American concentration camps even though they were American citizens. second answer: Japanese were not killed in American camps. While in the camps, the Japanese were well taken care of and not abused.
Is it true that several people were killed in the state of Oregon by balloon bombs launched by the Japanese during World War 2?
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