In the final years of the war, the Imperial Japanese Army released more than 9,000 bomb-bearing balloons to drift in the jet stream toward Canada and the United States. At least 1,000 made it over the Pacific and landed as far inland as Michigan and Manitoba. [PNG Merlin Archive]
Author: Dutch Franz
Dutch is a regular adventuring jack-of-all trades— he is an alpine climber, trekker, hiker, rock climber, skier, snow shoer, kayaker, ocean swimmer, scuba diver, mountain biker, and sky diver to name a few of his pursuits. Along with being a writer for SBM, Dutch is a psychology doctoral candidate and a freelance writer of fourteen years. Dutch has participated in both supported and unsupported treks in the U.S., Asia, and Central and South America. When he's not adventuring, Dutch also writes investigative journalism and short fiction.
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