Brookings, Oregon -
Japanese Bombed Here, Too

It was a World War II balloon bomb launched from far east in the Pacific, and its diabolical intent was to start a forest fire, and it didn't.

Address:: Mt. Emily Rd, Brookings, OR
Directions:: Just south of town and the Chetco River, turn inland off of US 101 onto Lower Harbor Rd/CR-808/South Bank Chetco River Rd. Drive five miles. Turn right onto Mt Emily Rd/NF-1205. Drive 12.5 miles. Once you pass NF-260, Bombsite Trail will lead off of the road one-half mile to the site.
Phone:: 541-412-6000

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Japanese Bombed Here, Too

In the mountains east of Brookings, Oregon, you can hike a trail and see where a Japanese bomb landed during WWII. There were no people there then, and there aren't any now, on 1/7/00. [Janebird, 01/08/2000]

[RA: One incendiary bomb was dropped on Sept 9, 1942 by the same intrepid sub-launched seaplane pilot who bombed Port Orford (that bomb didn't explode). In the 1960s pilot Nobuo Fujita was invited to Brookings, where he presented the town with his 350-year old samurai sword.]

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February 10, 2012