JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-25 BOMBARDMENT MEMORIAL
ON JUNE 21, 1942, A 5.5 SHELL EXPLODED HERE, ONE OF 17 FIRED AT COLUMBIA RIVER HARBOR DEFENCE INSTALLATIONS BY THE JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-25. THE ONLY HOSTILE SHELLING OF A MILITARY BASE ON THE U.S. MAINLAND DURING WWII AND THE FIRST SINCE THE WAR OF 1812.
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Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR II
- Stone Carving Memorials
- 1970
- 32782 DELAURA BEACH LANE
- 97121
- BARRY SWACKHAMER
- COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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