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JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-25 BOMBARDMENT MEMORIAL

JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-25 BOMBARDMENT MEMORIAL
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Location: 32782 DELAURA BEACH LANE

City: HAMMOND

State: Oregon

Zip Code: 97121

Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials

Year Dedicated: 1970

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR II

Photograph By: BARRY SWACKHAMER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

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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