Turning an Enemy into a Friend
Many people remember the bombing of Pearl Harbor during World War II. Very few remember the bombings of Brookings, Oregon, that occurred in September 1942.
A Japanese submarine traveled to the U.S. coastline carrying a small plane with folded wings. Once there, the crew used a catapult to launch pilot Nobuo Fujita in the reassembled plane to drop two incendiary bombs on a wooded area near Brookings. His attempt to start a forest fire failed due to rainy weather and quick action by first respond..