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World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.

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Fu-Go balloon bomb

WWII Japanese incendiary weapon

Fu-Go was an incendiary balloon weapon deployed by Japan against the United States during World War II. It consisted of a hydrogen-filled paper balloon 33 feet (10 m) in diameter, with a payload of four 11-pound (5.0 kg) incendiary devices and one 33-pound (15 kg) high-explosive…
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Bly, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Bly is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. By highway, it is about 50 miles (80 km) east of Klamath Falls. As of 2020, the population was 207.
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