That Time General Patton Bombed a Live Volcano
Did it work as intended? Hard to say. Was it cool? Extremely.
By Kyle Mizokami
Dec 8, 2020
In 1935, lava from Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano threatened the nearby town of Hilo.
Responding to a request by island volcanologists, the U.S. Army Air Service sent planes to bomb the lava flow.
Although the scientist who requested the air strike thought it was a success, others weren’t so sure.
One of the U.S. Air Force’s oddest missions was against perhaps its most formidable adversary ever: Mother Nature.
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