Terrace Standard - Lost atomic bomb story retold here 60 years later - 0 views
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"Renowned Canadian author and historian Norman Leach will be visiting Terrace this week to speak about his book 'Broken Arrow-America's First Lost Nuclear Weapon' to mark the 60th anniversary of the historic aviation accident. Leach will be lecturing across the Northwest to schools, museums, libraries and community centers from Houston to Terrace to inspire, students and adults alike to develop a healthy interest in their community's local history. On the eve of Valentine's Day, 1950, an American Strategic Air Command B-36 bomber loaded with an atomic bomb, was flying a simulated bombing run from Alaska to San Francisco. "