The WW II attack on the mainland.

[Mossdancer]

Not about tools or knives, but definitely a part of our Military history.

Not many of you are even aware that the Mainland U.S. was Shelled during WW II. See the following URL cut from Yahoo.
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http://www.beachconnection.net/news/bat ... 12_510.php

moss

[gringo]

http://www.eugeneleeslover.com/Japanese ... regon.html

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-hist ... anese-bomb


saw one of the balloons in the smithsonian...

[Mossdancer]

Thanks Gringo: I do hope more people take note of these incidents.
moss

[gringo]

unemployed historians are a menace to civil society...(terry pratchett)

the battle of ATTU, the most forgotten island in american history.



http://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/alaska_attu.html

[Mossdancer]

History is a strange thing, it only really comes to be interesting when a person reaches full maturity and sometimes even more. When is full maturity reached you think? For few in their 40's. some their 50's. I believe though it is pretty much concurrent with six months after retirement.
moss