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Mortar attacks in the US
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Miller says there's never been a mortar attack on a US city. Vicksburg Mississippi was mortared heavily before it fell to Union troops in 1863. And the "bombs bursting in air" in the Star Spangled Banner were shot from British War of 1812 mortars.
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