WW2's Forgotten Attack: The Oregon Balloon Bomb Tragedy

Imagine a secret weapon, silent and deadly, drifting across the Pacific.

This forgotten threat from World War II was aimed at America.

These were Japan's Fu-Go balloon bombs, an unusual wartime creation. Designed to use

the jet stream, they carried incendiaries and small bombs. Their mission: start wildfires,

sow panic, and disrupt wartime efforts. Thousands were launched, hundreds reached North

America's shores. But one particular incident in Oregon truly stands out in history.

On a tragic day in May 1945, everything changed there. Six innocent lives

were claimed: a woman and five children. They discovered a bomb,