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Reverend Archie Mitchell and Elsie Mitchell wedding photograph
On May 5, 1945 Elsie Mitchell who was pregnant was killed by the explosion of a Japanese balloon bomb in the forest near Bly in Oregon along with four other children. They were the only fatalities caused by a Japanese balloon bomb in the United States.
Credit: via FindAGrave - Sherman Menno Shoemaker  Date: 1945
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