Woodson, Texas - Town Bombed by the Japanese
- Address:
- Woodson, TX
- Directions:
- From Fort Worth, Texas, take U.S. 180 west to Breckenridge, Texas. Go north 22 miles on U.S. 183. Follow U.S. 183 north through town until you get to the top of the hill. On your right is Hill Street; go east to Wood Street (less than 1/4 mile). There you will find the Woodson School facilities.
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I attended school in Woodson, Texas from 1958 to graduation in 1965. On March 23, 1945 (reported to have been in the hours before dawn) one of the balloons drifted over Woodson, Texas and the bomb fell in the school yard. There were no reports of any damage, but I'm sure there were some jangled nerves.
Another balloon bomb fell in the vicinity of Desdemona (I think that's near Rising Star, Texas.) But it fell in a pasture. Woodson is the only town in Texas to have suffered aerial bombardment from the Axis Power of Japan during WW2.
There are no markers or directions to view the location of this incident. [Charles M. Mitchell, 02/29/2004]
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