Allied intelligence confirmed that Nazi Germany was developing “vengeance” weapons, including the V-2 long-range rocket, at Peenemünde on the Baltic Sea.

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French officials expressed concern over high-altitude objects beyond 20 km, an area which is becoming increasingly contested.

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Latest Headlines Brendan Riley’s Solano Chronicles: Barrage balloons over Vallejo WWII barrage balloon moored in Vallejo, with seven airborne balloons visible in background. (Tom Quinn photo) ...

One of the barrage balloons, made of neoprene-coated fabric and filled with hydrogen gas, exploded at its Vallejo mooring in January 1943, killing one soldier and injuring 17 other people.

Barrage balloons were used by many countries in WW2, including Britain and the U.S., and played a vital role in the Normandy landings on D-Day.

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The legislation honors the legacy of Private First-Class Henry Parham, a Black World War II veteran and member of the historic 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion.

Henry Parham was a member of the only all-Black unit to take part in the D-Day invasion in World War II. He was a 1st class private in the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion that landed at Omaha Beach.

On D-day June 6th, 1944, 20-year-old Corporal Waverly Woodson was a medic with the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, the only Black combat unit that landed on Omaha Beach.

Barrage balloons were first used in WWI, but they played a particularly key role in Britain's defenses during WWII. According to London's Imperial War Museum, Britain had 2,748 barrage balloons in use ...