Fu-Go! Japanese Balloon Bombs and the Story of the Lethal Air Attack on Oregon During World War Two
Archie Mitchell just turned twenty-seven years old four days ago. Archie is the young, popular Pastor of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, an evangelical Bible based non denominational congregation located in Bly, Oregon. Archie and his wife Elsie are expecting their first child in just a few months. Bly, Oregon, is a very tiny hamlet of under 500 souls. It is located in the southern part of the state, nestled among dense forests, and is only about an hour or so drive from northern California. It is May 5, 1945. The Second World War, after nearly six long years, is finally coming to a merciless and protracted end. In two days Nazi Germany will surrender on all fronts to the allied armies thereby effectively ending World War Two in Europe. But the Empire of Japan, the nation which first brought the United States into the war nearly four years earlier with the unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor will hold out against the ons...