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Woodson
Suspension Bridge
by William Holmes
...West on 209 four miles beyond Woodson, to the first paved road, State Highway
2850. ... South on 2850 three miles to... more |
Woodson
main street
Photo courtesy Mike
Price, 2007 |
Woodson,
Texas History
"... the
second largest town in the county. A post office was established there in 1905.
..." - See Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/WW/hlw49.html |
Woodson,
Texas Forum
Subject: WW II Japanese
balloon bombs
In regards to the inquiry about two Japanese balloon bombs
landing in Desdemona in May
1945, I can provide the following:
Two balloon bombs landed at Desdemona on
March 23, 1945. Another balloon bomb landed in Woodson, Texas (approx. 75 miles
NNW of Desdemona) the next
day. None caused any damage. - Steve Allen Goen, Wichita Falls, December 23,
2007 Subject:
WW II Japanese balloon bombs
I am writing an article about an event that occurred in May, 1945 in Desdemona
where one or perhaps two Japanese Balloon Bombs landed harmlessly. Thousands of
these balloon bombs were launched from mainland Japan in the closing months of
the war as a desperate effort to achieve victory. Two of them landed in Desdemona
or that vicinity. Do you know about this event and perhaps you could steer me
to someone who could. What is the name of the local newspaper in that area if
you know? I would like to place an ad for people who may have remembered the event.
Thanks. - Michael Phillips, September 02, 2004 | |
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