During the dead of winter, March 21st 1944; Miles City, Montana; local residents woke to their quaint little town being overrun and submerged by the rising frozen waters of the Yellowstone river. Ice jams were building quickly, raising the sub zero river water levels over 16 feet. As the blocks of ice, slush and freezing waters flooded into the city, residents were forced to flee their homes for safer grounds.
Miles City Mayor L.S. Keye knew immediate action must be taken, and brought in explosive experts from a nearby town. Two local pilots took a small aircraft over the river and attempted to drop and detonate 50 pound homemade bombs on the Yellowstone ice jam , but unfortunately it had little effect.
Mayor L.S. Keye then decided to do the unthinkable, and placed an urgent request to the Governors office. His request was short, and to the point “Send in the Bombers!”
At a USAAF base in Rapid City S.D., the crew of an Army Air Force B-17 were quick to accept the unusual mission, and preparations to bomb an American city were fast underway. The crew hastily began fusing and loading 250-pound bombs into the bomb bay of their USAAF Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Shortly thereafter, the loaded bomber with her crew of eight, took to the skies in a harsh blizzard and low ceilings.
The plan was to deliver the bombs to Miles City where the load would be transferred to a waiting Dive-Bomber to execute the bomb delivery. As the lone B-17 was nearing Miles City, low clouds forced the plans to be changed. Under a blanket of 1000 foot overcast skies, the B-17 was then ordered to handle the bombing run themselves.
Originally planned to release the load at 10,000 feet, the low overcast forced the bomber crew to take their ship lower. At 1930 hours, in heavy snow, winds and cold, the bomber appeared over the river and executed two dummy bombing runs as crowds of locals watched in amazement. On the third pass, the B-17 released a test bomb that exploded precisely on target. Unsure of the effect, the crew brought their bomber around again.
Making a two more passes, releasing all six of the 250 lb bombs. Hundreds of residents watched motionless, and none speaking a word. The entire town, their homes and their families future hung in the balance as they watched the bombs fall. Seconds later a huge plume of ice, mud and water exploded skyward from the frozen Yellowstone river.
The ice jam quickly broke apart, and the frozen waters slowly receded, saving the small town. The next morning, local residents were thrilled to watch as the water levels had dropped a full 10 feet from the day before.
That night the crew of the B-17 were welcomed by the thankful and releved residents of Miles City Montana. The entire crew were put up at the local hotel, and each received a well deserved steak dinner.
The next morning, the crew departed, and the B-17 made a final victory pass low over the town at 50 feet over the rooftops, rocking their wings as they flew back home to Rapid City SD.
and so the story goes of the only time the continental United States was bombed…
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Can we get the USAAF to bomb the Congressional jam too? I would watch in silent amazement with a wry grin muttering under my breath thank you USAAF.
Could we call in a bombing run to Chicago? SanFranSicko? Philly?
MOAR FAKE NUKES!
Gotta keep up the myth, just like keeping up the moon hoax.
#gayjewishactorsmakingfakenukedisastermovies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash
https://variety.com/2018/film/news/nuclear-bomb-movie-hacksaw-ridge-producer-1202985476/
Serious question – do you believe in space, or is there just a firmament above the flat earth?
“and so the story goes of the only time the continental United States was bombed”
Au contraire sir. The u.s. military bombed plenty of american cities and killed lots of defenseless people during the Second American War of Independence.
Japan managed to bomb the continental US during WWII, by using balloons with bombs attached.
The funny this is – they didn’t know it was working, as the monitoring balloons were made of silk while the bomb balloons were made of bamboo. The silk balloons didn’t make it across, so Japan discontinued the attacks.
we were a separate country,not part of the united states–
Could never do that today without a boatload of government permits that would take years and an army of attorneys to secure. The city would be long gone by then.
Not the only time the only time the continental United States was bombed.
https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2014/3/13/guns-of-the-battle-of-blair-mountain/
Does the cruise missile bombing of the Pentagon on 9-11 count?
ac,that’s a good article–
what other history am i ignorant of?
IDK. Most of what people learn in school is a conveniently edited version of what actually happened. The ‘why things happened’ part is almost never even approached. Maybe this is as good a place to start as any?
https://www.defendevropa.com/2017/culture/the-bolshevik-revolutions-jewish-roots/
https://holodomorinfo.com/
Another related gem:
The Creature From Jekyll Island
“The top Communist leaders have never been as hostile to their counterparts in the West as the rhetoric suggests. They are quite friendly to the world’s leading financiers and have worked closely with them when it suits their purposes. As we shall see in the following section, the Bolshevik revolution actually was financed by wealthy financiers in London and New York. Lenin and Trotsky were on the closest of terms with these moneyed interests—both before and after the Revolution. Those hidden liaisons have continued to this day and occasionally pop to the surface when we discover a David Rockefeller holding confidential meetings with a Mikhail Gorbachev in the absence of government sponsorship or diplomatic purpose. ”
— https://archive.org/details/pdfy–Pori1NL6fKm2SnY
My apologies AC. I did not see your post when I entered mine below.
Or the nuclear bomb dropped off the coast of Georgia …in a collision .
https://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/SavannahMorningNews/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=SMN%2F2018%2F02%2F25&entity=Ar01403&sk=2C1FA278&mode=text
They should bomb Palo Alto.
Check out the Battle of Blair Mountain when the US Army bombed striking coal miners in West Virginia.
What a great story. Thanks for sharing.