427 RETROSPECT-2000-462 eng Dingler, Nancy 1944 blast at Benicia arsenal shakes up Solano 2000-11-27 Windows shattered and walls cracked the night of July 17, 1944 throughout Solano County. Citizens of Fairfield and Suisun ran into the streets, fearing that the Japanese had penetrated U.S. defenses and were dropping bombs. Speculation ran the gamut from German v-rockets to the arsenal at Benicia blowing up. vacahc@gmail.com 462 87565441151 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/462/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/462/462.1.pdf PDF Document