Did you know …….
Late in World War II, Japan sent exploding hydrogen balloons to the United States via Jetstream. Almost all of them landed (harmlessly) along the West Coast, but one bomb made it all the way to Omaha’s Dundee neighborhood , on the corner of 50th & Underwood, before exploding benignly in 1945.
Today, a plaque marks the spot, with the words “A Japanese Balloon Bomb Exploded Here.”
