EPISODE · Dec 27, 2023 · 3 MIN
When George S. Patton Bombed A Volcano
from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson
Today in 1935, a military mission you sure don’t see every day: at the direction of then-Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, American planes carried out a series of bombing runs in Hawaii to stop a volcano. Plus: this week in 2015, Vogue Magazine published a correction for the record books. 27 December 1935 (This Day In Aviation) Miscues That Made News (Robert Rector on Blogspot) Keep this show flying as a backer on Patreon
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Today in 1935, a military mission you sure don’t see every day: at the direction of then-Lieutenant Colonel George S. Patton, American planes carried out a series of bombing runs in Hawaii to stop a volcano. Plus: this week in 2015, Vogue Magazine published a correction for the record books. 27 December 1935 (This Day In Aviation) Miscues That Made News (Robert Rector on Blogspot) Keep this show flying as a backer on Patreon
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