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Mauna Loa volcano bombed by warplanes in 1935...
Mauna Loa volcano bombed by warplanes in 1935...
Item # 713515
December 28, 1935
ALBANY EVENING NEWS, New York, December 27 & 28, 1935
* Mauna Loa volcano bombed
* 23d Bomb Squadron warplanes
* Two issue set
The front page of the Dec. 27th issue has a one column heading: "Bombs Ordered To Blast Lava Flor in Hawaii"
Page 3 of the Dec. 28th issue has a two column photo with heading: "Fiery River Is Tamed By Two Air Bombings" and subhead. (see images)
Each issue is complete with 22 & 16 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, some small binding slits along the spine, generally nice.
wikipedia notes: On 27 December 1935, the Mauna Loa volcano on the island of Hawaii erupted, threatening the city of Hilo. Six Keystones of the 23d used precision bombing tactics to drop twenty 600-pound bombs in the path of the volcano’s lava flow, thus saving the city of Hilo by diverting the lava away from the city.
Category: The 20th Century
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