Saturday, June 28, 2008 | by nathan
The Bombing of Boise City
The Bombing of Boise City
I’ve become mildly obsessed with this bit of Oklahoma history in advance of our trip to the Panhandle, so here’s this:
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Comment by Dylan
That’s awesome… I read the article you posted about it too.
28 June 2008 7:14 pm
Comment by Alan Scott
Great story! So they missed the courthouse and almost destroyed other buildings? Doesn’t lend a whole lot of confidence to the bomber crew, does it? Thanks for the post!
30 June 2008 7:45 am
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