Warren Hyde never served in the military, but his extraordinary effort in a remote part of Box Elder County one day provided key intelligence in stopping a widespread Japanese attack on American soil during World War II.
One morning in February 1945, Hyde, the county sheriff, received a call from Floyd Stohl, a rancher in the Blue Creek area. While heading out to do his morning chores, Stohl spotted a strange-looking contraption that looked like a parachute floating in the air in one of his pastures.
When Stohl described the object to Hyde, it immediately rang a bell in the sheriff’s head. Hyde jumped in his vehicle and raced to the ranch. When he saw the object, he knew what he was dealing with — a weapon known as a “Fu-Go” bomb.
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