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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 Chronicles
/ World War II
Bombing
of Desdemona by Clay Coppedge
"[A] cowboy on the Barney Davis ranch near Woodson in Throckmorton
County, found a third balloon. His widow, Florence Miller, told
the Texas Almanac's Mike Kingston in 1992 that her husband said the
balloon was "as big around as a house" with several smaller versions
of the rising sun located around the bottom. School kids had seen
this balloon and, like the Desdemona
balloon, it was missing several pieces." ... more
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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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