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ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles) in Washington State

During the Cold War Washington state served an important role in defending the United States and in deterring attacks. Eighteen intercontinental ballistic missiles installed near Moses Lake and Spokan...

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Sergeant Hugh Atkinson of Seattle dies of radiation poisoning from Hiroshima atomic bomb on August 8, 1945.

On August 8, 1945, two days after the United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, U.S. Army Air Corps Sergeant Hugh H. Atkinson (1919-1945) of Seattle, a prisoner of war in Hiroshima, dies...

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