10 Things You Might Not Know About World War II

Torgny Westerberg, 98, of Iverness listens as an Andrews Sisters tribute group performs at Midway Airport. Westerberg was with a group of World War II veterans flying to Washington to see the World War II memorial courtesy of Honor Flight Chicago, a non-profit group started last year. (Tribune photo by Dave Pierini / May 12, 2009)

From Chicago Tribune:

As we mark Memorial Day Monday and approach the 65th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, let's look back on a war that sprang from incredible human evil, inspired astounding personal bravery and produced amazing facts.

1. On May 5, 1945, Elsie Mitchell took five children on an outing to Gearhart Mountain, Ore., where they encountered a strange object. One of them touched it, and suddenly all six were dead. It was one of at least 6,000 "balloon bombs" launched by the Japanese to drift toward the U.S., and that single bomb caused the only known American war deaths on the U.S. mainland.

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My Comment: I never knew these facts .... and I am always studying history.