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'Bombing' Near Home - Travis Mishap in 1950 / Rico, John [882] [RICO-1981-882]
SOMETHING TO PONDER OVER - In less than two weeks the 36th anniversary of two of the most controversial days in the history of the world will be observed. Those were the days when president Harry Truman gave his approval for the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945, and the second on Nagasaki on August 9.
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K. I. Jones Elementary School, Fairfield, California. 14 teachers, 1 principal; opened Sept. [...]

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Home near Dixon
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Newsclip-20 Sept., 1970-"Tolenas Station located east if Suisun near present-day Travis AFB. Also junction for a swing railroad that was about 3 miles long that went to the town of Cement and the huge Portland Cement Plant..
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Operation Chico was only a test / Bowen, Jerry [159] [WAYITWAS-2003-159]
The 1950s were disturbing times in the United States after World War II. It was the "Atomic Age" with fears of nuclear disaster strengthened as the first hydrogen bomb was tested in 1951.
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Earlier Days In August / Wichels, Ernest [813] [WICHELS-1964-813]
Vallejo and Mare Island share many August anniversaries. Not the least of these concern Admiral Farragut and his family. More about them later. Let's quickly review some of the other highlights-a few of these the present generation w ill remember; others were familiar to our great-grandfathers.
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Happy anniversary to those who keep the past alive / Dingler, Nancy [647] [RETROSPECT-2006-647]
And of course, members celebrated, inviting lots of people. Harry Rowe, the founding president of the society in 1956, attended. He, along with "older" members of the group, recalled the early days.
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1944 blast at Benicia arsenal shakes up Solano / Dingler, Nancy [462] [RETROSPECT-2000-462]
Windows shattered and walls cracked the night of July 17, 1944 throughout Solano County. Citizens of Fairfield and Suisun ran into the streets, fearing that the Japanese had penetrated U.S. defenses and were dropping bombs. Speculation ran the gamut from German v-rockets to the arsenal at Benicia blowing up.
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1955 blast at Benicia arsenal shakes up Solano / Dingler, Nancy [461] [RETROSPECT-2000-461]
Windows shattered and walls cracked the night of July 17, 1944 throughout Solano County. Citizens of Fairfield and Suisun ran into the streets, fearing that the Japanese had penetrated U.S. defenses and were dropping bombs. Speculation ran the gamut from German v-rockets to the arsenal at Benicia blowing up.
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