Michigan WWII Legacy: Balloon Bombs Over Farmington

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In 1944 and 1945, the Japanese Empire launched thousands of bomb-carrying balloons into the jet stream in a desperate effort to sow panic and disrupt production facilities on the U.S. mainland. Only about 300 made it across the Pacific, including one that drifted to Farmington, Michigan. University of Detroit Mercy History Professor Greg Sumner will talk about this fascinating but little-known chapter of WWII, with a focus upon the local angle.

Presented by the Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial.