May 5, 2023 — It was on this date in 1945 that a Japanese bomb balloon claimed the lives of six people in Oregon. They were the only casualties of World War II in the continental United States. Two of them were the children of Grand Forks railroad engineer, Frank Patzke, 13-year-old Joan and 14-year-old Dick.
Reverend Archie Mitchell and his young expectant wife, Elsie, were hosting...